ACTG 019 data

Description

Dataset used in Chapter 6 of Regression Methods in Biostatistics (2nd edition), as distributed on the UCSF companion website. Study design: Randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial of zidovudine in HIV infection. Primary article: Volberding and colleagues (1990), New England Journal of Medicine.

Usage

actg019

Format

A data frame with 880 rows and 5 variables:

id
Participant identifier.
days
Days Since Randomization
cens
Event/censoring indicator (1 = event, 0 = censored).
rx
Randomized treatment group.
cd4
Baseline CD4+ lymphocyte count

Source

UCSF companion data