A simulated dataset constructed to imitate the Vanderbilt Comprehensive Care Clinic (VCCC) patient records, which have been fully validated and therefore contain validated and unvalidated versions of all variables. The VCCC cohort is a good candidate for the purpose of illustration. The data presented in this section are a mocked-up version of the actual data due to confidentiality, but the data structure and features, such as mean and variability, closely resemble the real dataset.
mock.vcccA data frame with 2087 rows and 8 variables:
patient ID
viral load at antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation, error-prone outcome, continuous
viral load at antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation, validated outcome, continuous
having an AIDS-defining event (ADE) within one year of ART initiation, error-prone outcome, binary
having an AIDS-defining event (ADE) within one year of ART initiation, validated outcome, binary
CD4 count at ART initiation, error-prone covariate, continuous
CD4 count at ART initiation, validated covariate, continuous
whether patient is ART naive at enrollment, error-free covariate, binary
sex of patient, 1 indicates male and 0 indicates female & error-free covariate, binary
age of patient, error-free covariate, continuous