hipdat {SCCS}

Data on antidepressants and hip fracture

Description

The data comprise ages in days at first treatment with antidepressant and first hip fracture. There are 1000 simulated cases based on Hubbard et al (2003).

Usage

hipdat

Format

A data frame containing 1000 rows and 6 columns. The column names are 'case' (individual identifier), 'frac' (age at first hip fracture), 'sta' (age on first day of the observation period), 'end' (age on last day of the observation period), 'ad' (age at start of first treatment with antidepressant), 'endad' (age at end of first antidepressant treatment).

References

Hubbard, R., Farrington, C.p., Smith, C., Smeeth, L., and Tattersfield A. (2003). Exposure to tricyclic and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants and the risk of hip fracture. American Journal of Epidemiology 158 (1), 77–84.