MIRA data
Description
Dataset used in Chapter 5 of Regression Methods in Biostatistics (2nd edition), as distributed on the UCSF companion website. Study design: Randomized trial evaluating diaphragm-based HIV prevention with repeated HSV-2 follow-up. Primary article: de Bruyn and colleagues (2011), Sexually Transmitted Infections.
Usage
mira_hsv
Format
A data frame with 6069 rows and 6 variables:
- agecat
- Age category at baseline.
- mos
- Months from enrollment to outcome assessment.
- id
- Participant identifier.
- hsv2
- Indicator for incident HSV-2 infection.
- stihx
- History of sexually transmitted infection at baseline.
- newparts
- Indicator for new sexual partner(s) during follow-up.