cgd                 package:survival                 R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Data are from a placebo controlled trial of gamma interferon in
     chronic granulotomous disease (CGD). Uses the complete data on
     time to first serious infection observed through end of study for
     each patient, which includes the initial serious infections
     observed through the 7/15/89 interim analysis data cutoff, plus
     the residual data on occurence of initial serious infections
     between the interim analysis cutoff and the final blinded study
     visit for each patient. Only one patient was taken off on the day
     of his last infection.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     cgd

_F_o_r_m_a_t:


       id:             subject identifiction number
       center:         enrolling center
       random:         date of randomization
       treatment:      placebo or gamma interferon
       sex:            
       age:            age in years, at study entry
       height:         height in cm at study entry
       weight:         weight in kg at study entry
       inherit:        pattern of inheritance
       steroids:       use of steroids at study entry,1=yes
       propylac:       use of prophylactic antibiotics at study entry
       hos.cat:        a categorization of the centers into 4 groups
       tstart, tstop:  start and end of each time interval
       status:         1=the interval ends with an infection
       enum:           observation number within subject

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     Fleming and Harrington, Counting Processes and Survival Analysis,
     appendix D.2.

