Data from a prospective study conducted at the University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela (Spain). A total of 2318 patients who underwent surgery at this center between January 1996 and March 1997 were characterized post-operatively, in respect of whether they suffered or not post-operative infection.
Usage
data(infect)
Arguments
Format
A data frame with 2318 observations on the following 6 variables.
age
patient's age.
sex
patient's sex. Coded as 1 = Man and 2 = Woman.
linf
lymphocytes (expressed as relative counts (in %) of the white blood cell count)
gluc
plasma glucose concentration (measured in mg/dl)
diab
diabetes. Coded as 1 = presence and 2 = absence.
inf
variable indicating whether the patient suffered (inf = 1) or not (inf = 0) a post-operative infection.