BPSYS {gpk}

Two drug comparison

Description

Two drugs are to be compared for their effect on blood pressure. Only one aspect of blood pressure is considered here, viz. systolic standing. Response is measured before and after treatment. Principal question of interest is in two parts (a) Is treatment Al (Ay) effective? (b) Is one treatment better than the other? It is advisable to compare treatments after discounting for other differences between patients.

Usage

data(BPSYS)

Format

A data frame with 35 observations on the following 8 variables.

Pat_no

Patient Number

Age

Patient Age

Sex

Gender of the patient

Duration_of_hypertension_yrs

Patient history 1 (Duration of hypertension (yrs))

Duration_of_diabetes_yrs

Patient history 2 (Duration of diabetes (yrs))

BaselineSystolic_BP

Systolic Blood Pressure: at baseline (before treatment)

Week_8_Systolic_BP

Systolic Blood Pressure: after 8 weeks of treatment

Drug

Drug : Al- Alopathic, Ay- Ayurvedic

Details

t-test and ANOCOVA are recommended to carry out the analysis.

Source

http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/hpg/nvjoshi/statspunedatabook/databook.html

Examples

data(BPSYS)