kidney {LPRelevance}

Kidney data.

Description

This data set records age and kidney function of N = 157 volunteers. Higher scores indicates better function.

Usage

data(kidney)

Format

A data frame with 157 observations on the following 2 variables.

x

A list of patients' age.

z

A list of kidney scores.

Source

http://statweb.stanford.edu/~ckirby/brad/LSI/datasets-and-programs/datasets.html

References

Efron, B. (2012). "Large-scale inference: empirical Bayes methods for estimation, testing, and prediction". Cambridge University Press.

Lemley, K. V., Lafayette, R. A., Derby, G., Blouch, K. L., Anderson, L., Efron, B., & Myers, B. D. (2007). "Prediction of early progression in recently diagnosed IgA nephropathy." Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 23(1), 213-222.