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Methylprednisolone data
Description
Data from a longitudinal study examining the effectiveness of Methylprednisolone as a treatment for patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis. Subjects were randomly assigned to a treatment (31 received a placebo, 35 received the treatment) and serum bilirubin was measures each week for four weeks.
Usage
data(ahd)
Format
A data frame with 330 observations on the following 5 variables:
- treatment
The treatment a subject received - a factor. Levels are
placeboandtreated.- subject
Subject ID - a factor.
- week
Week of the study (0–4) - the time variable.
- sbvalue
Serum bilirubin level (in
\mumol/L).- baseline
A subject's serum bilirubin level at week 0.
Source
Vonesh, E. F. and Chinchilli, V. M. (1997) Linear and Nonlinear Models for the Analysis of Repeated Measurements. Marcel Dekker, New York.
References
Carithers, R. L., Herlong, H. F., Diehl, A. M., Shaw, E. W., Combes, B., Fallon, H. J. & Maddrey, W. C. (1989) Methylprednisolone therapy in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis. Annals of Internal Medicine, 110(9), 685–690.