respiratory_clinical_trial_df: Respiratory Clinical Trial

In PulmoDataSets: A Curated Collection of Pulmonary and Respiratory Disease Datasets

Respiratory Clinical Trial

Description

This dataset, respiratory_clinical_trial_df, is a data frame containing information from a clinical trial of patients with respiratory illness, where 111 patients from two different clinics were randomized to receive either placebo or an active treatment. Patients were examined at baseline and at four visits during treatment. The respiratory status was determined at each visit, with 1 representing good status and 0 representing poor status.

Usage

data(respiratory_clinical_trial_df)

Format

A data frame with 444 observations and 8 variables:

center

Study identifier (integer vector)

id

Patient identifier (integer vector)

treat

Treatment group (factor with 2 levels)

sex

Patient sex (factor with 2 levels)

age

Patient age in years (integer vector)

baseline

Baseline respiratory status (integer vector)

visit

Visit number (integer vector)

outcome

Respiratory status (integer vector)

Details

The dataset name has been kept as 'respiratory_clinical_trial_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the PulmoDataSets package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'df' indicates that the dataset is a data frame. The original content has not been modified in any way.

Source

Data taken from the geepack package version 1.3.12

PulmoDataSets documentation built on Sept. 9, 2025, 5:41 p.m.