bdendo                  package:Epi                  R Documentation

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

     The 'bdendo' data frame has 315 rows and 13 columns. These data
     concern a study in which each case of endometrial cancer was
     matched with 4 controls. Matching was by date of birth (within one
     year), marital status, and residence.

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

     set: Case-control set: a numeric vector 

       d: Case or control: a numeric vector (1=case, 0=control) 

    gall: Gall bladder disease: a factor with levels 'No'  'Yes'  

     hyp: Hypertension: a factor with levels 'No'  'Yes'  

      ob: Obesity: a factor with levels 'No'  'Yes'  

     est: a factor with levels 'No'  'Yes'  

     dur: Duration of conjugated oestrogen therapy: an ordered factor
          with levels '0' < '1' < '2' < '3' < '4' 

     non: Use of non oestrogen drugs: a factor with levels 'No'  'Yes'  

duration: Months of oestrogen therapy: a numeric vector 

     age: a numeric vector 

    cest: Conjugated oestrogen dose: an ordered factor with levels '0'
          < '1' < '2' < '3' 

  agegrp: a factor with levels '55-59'  '60-64'  '65-69'  '70-74' 
          '75-79'  '80-84'  

    age3: a factor with levels '<64'  '65-74'  '75+'  

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

     This data frame contains the following columns:

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

     Breslow NE, and Day N, Statistical Methods in Cancer Research.
     Volume I: The Analysis of Case-Control Studies. IARC Scientific
     Publications, IARC:Lyon, 1980.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     data(bdendo)

