An unmatched case-control study of leprosy incidence
The lep data frame has 1370 rows and 7 columns. This was an
unmatched case-control study in which incident cases of leprosy in a
region of N. Malawi were compared with population controls.
This data frame contains the following columns:
id: |
subject identifier: a numeric vector |
d: |
case/control status: a numeric vector (1=case, 0=control) |
age: |
a factor with levels
5-9
10-14
15-19
20-24
25-29
30-44
45+ |
sex: |
a factor with levels
male,
female |
bcg: |
presence of vaccine scar, a factor with levels
no
yes |
school: |
schooling, a factor with levels
none
1-5yrs
6-8yrs
sec/tert |
house: |
housing, a factor with levels
brick
sunbrick
wattle
temp |
The study is described in more detail in Clayton and Hills, Statistical Models in Epidemiology, Oxford University Press, Oxford:1993.
data(lep)
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