Description

Data are from a placebo controlled trial of gamma interferon in chronic granulotomous disease (CGD). Contains the data on time to serious infections observed through end of study for each patient.

Usage

Format

id

subject identification number

center

enrolling center

random

date of randomization

treatment

placebo or gamma interferon

sex

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

futime

days to last follow-up

etime1-etime7

up to 7 infection times for the subject

Details

The cgdraw data set (this one) is in the form found in the references, with one line per patient and no recoding of the variables.

The cgd data set has been further processed so as to have one line per event, with covariates such as center recoded as factors to include meaningful labels.

Source

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

See Also

cgd