MrOS data

Description

Dataset used in Chapter 6 of Regression Methods in Biostatistics (2nd edition), as distributed on the UCSF companion website. Study design: Prospective cohort of older men in the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) study. Primary article: Orwoll and colleagues (2005), Contemporary Clinical Trials.

Usage

mros

Format

A data frame with 5994 rows and 5 variables:

bmd3
3 quantiles of bmd
months
Follow-up time in months.
status
Event status indicator (coded outcome/censoring status).
weight
q2.weight (kg)
years
Follow-up time in years.

Source

UCSF companion data