Fracture risk data

Description

Dataset used in Chapter 8 of Regression Methods in Biostatistics (2nd edition), as distributed on the UCSF companion website. Study design: Fracture-risk analysis subset derived from FIT for generalized linear model examples. Primary article: Black and colleagues (1996), The Lancet.

Usage

fitglm

Format

A data frame with 6459 rows and 22 variables:

alloc
ALLOCATION NUMBER
ra_age
Age at randomization (years).
frx
Indicator for incident fracture outcome.
nosp
ANY FRX NOT SPINE
numnosp
NUMBER OF NON-SPINE FRX
trt01
FIT TREATMENT 1=ALN 0=PLB
p3_weigh
Body weight at phase 3 visit.
htotbmd
Total Hip BMD
nbmd
Bone mineral density at the analyzed skeletal site.
trialyrs
YEARS TO DOD OR LAST CONTACT (NEW_LAST)
frxdays
DAYS TO FIRST FRX
nospdays
DAYS TO FIRST NON-SPINE FRACTURE
riskcat4
FALL RISK: 2 OR MORE FALLS, TUAG 12.5 SECONDS
tneck
FEM NECK TSCORE, NH98
bmd25
BMD FEMORAL NECK T SCORE <= -2.5
frxyrs
YEARS TO FIRST FRX
nospyrs
YEARS TO FIRST NON-SPINE FRACTURE
hplac
HIGH FALL RISK, PLACEBO GROUP
htrt
HIGH FALL RISK, TREATMENT GROUP
lplac
LOW FALL RISK, PLACEBO GROUP
ltrt
LOW FALL RISK, TREATMENT GROUP
rtgroup
FOUR LEVEL RISK/TREATMENT GROUP

Source

UCSF companion data