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Description
Data in table 1 in Benichou (1991) from study of
esophageal cancer (Tuyns, et al.)
Format
A data frame with 975 subjects and 8 variables.
- cases
Esophageal cancer indicator (1=case, 0=control).
- age
Subject age in years.
- smoke
Quantity of tobacco smoked per day. (0-9g/day,
10-29g/day, or 30+g/day)
- alcohol
Quantity of alcohol consumed per day
(0-39g/day,
120+g/day, 40-79g/day, or 80-119g/day)
- alcohol80
Quantity of alcohol consumed per day
(0-79g or 80+g)
- smoke.alc
Is set to 'Exposed'
if subject was consumed more than 40+g of alcohol and
10+g of tobacco per day.
- alcohol40
Quantity of alcohol consumed per day
(0-39g or 40+g)
- smoke10
Quantity of tobacco consumed per day
(0-9g or 10+g)
References
Benichou, J. (1991) Methods of adjustment for estimating
the attributable risk in case-control studies: a review
Statistics in Medicine 10:1753-1773. Tuyns AJ, Pequignot
G, Jensen OM. Esophageal cancer in Ille-et-Vilaine in
relation to levels of alcohol and tobacco consumption.
Risks are multiplying. Bull Cancer. 1977;64(1):45-60.
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Description
Data in table 1 in Benichou (1991) from study of esophageal cancer (Tuyns, et al.)
Format
A data frame with 975 subjects and 8 variables.
- cases
Esophageal cancer indicator (1=case, 0=control).
- age
Subject age in years.
- smoke
Quantity of tobacco smoked per day. (0-9g/day, 10-29g/day, or 30+g/day)
- alcohol
Quantity of alcohol consumed per day (0-39g/day, 120+g/day, 40-79g/day, or 80-119g/day)
- alcohol80
Quantity of alcohol consumed per day (0-79g or 80+g)
- smoke.alc
Is set to 'Exposed' if subject was consumed more than 40+g of alcohol and 10+g of tobacco per day.
- alcohol40
Quantity of alcohol consumed per day (0-39g or 40+g)
- smoke10
Quantity of tobacco consumed per day (0-9g or 10+g)
References
Benichou, J. (1991) Methods of adjustment for estimating the attributable risk in case-control studies: a review Statistics in Medicine 10:1753-1773. Tuyns AJ, Pequignot G, Jensen OM. Esophageal cancer in Ille-et-Vilaine in relation to levels of alcohol and tobacco consumption. Risks are multiplying. Bull Cancer. 1977;64(1):45-60.
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