Thall: RCT on the treatment of epilepsy.

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RCT on the treatment of epilepsy.

Description

Randomised control trial of an antiepilectic drug (prograbide), in which the number of seizures of 59 patients at baseline and other four follow-up visits were recorded.

Usage

Thall

Format

A tibble with 59 rows and 8 variables:

id

Subject ID.

treat

Treatment, factor with levels "Control" and "Prograbide".

base

Number of seizures at baseline.

age

Age in years at baseline.

y1

Number of seizures at year one follow-up.

y2

Number of seizures at year two follow-up.

y3

Number of seizures at year three follow-up.

y4

Number of seizures at year four follow-up.

Source

Thall, PF and Vail, SC (1990) Some covariance models for longitudinal count data with over-dispersion. Biometrics, 46: 657-671.

Stukel, TA (1993) Comparison of methods for the analysis of longitudinal data. Statistics Med 12: 1339-1351.

Shoukri, MM and Chaudhary, MA (2007) Analysis of correlated data with SAS and R. Third Edition. Chapman & Hall/CRC.

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