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26 double-blind, randomized, active, or placebo-controlled clinical trials on patients with primary hypercholesterolemia sponsored by Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA.
Description
A data set containing clinical trial on hypercholesterolemia including 26 trials and 2 treatment arms each, and other attributes of the participants
Usage
data(cholesterol)
Format
A data frame with 52 rows and 19 variables
- study
study identifier
- trial
trial identifier
- treat
treatment indicator for Statin or Statin+Ezetimibe
- n
the number of participants in the study arms corresponding to the trial and treatment
- pldlc
aggregate percentage change in LDL-C
- phdlc
aggregate percentage change from baseline in HDL-C
- ptg
aggregate percentage change from baseline in triglycerides (TG)
- sdldl
sample standard deviation of percentage change in LDL-C
- sdhdl
sample standard deviation of percentage change in HDL-C
- sdtg
sample standard deviation of percentage change in triglycerides (TG)
- onstat
whether the participants were on Statin prior to the trial
- bldlc
baseline LDL-C
- bhdlc
baseline HDL-C
- btg
baseline triglycerides (TG)
- age
age in years
- white
the proportion of white participants
- male
the proportion of male participants
- dm
the proportion of participants with diabetes mellitus
- durat
duration in weeks
Examples
data(cholesterol)