stroke                 package:ISwR                 R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     All cases of stroke in Tartu, Estonia, during the period
     1991-1993, with follow-up until January 1, 1996.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     stroke

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     A data frame with 829 observations on the following 10 variables.

     '_s_e_x' a factor with levels 'Female' and 'Male'.

     '_d_i_e_d' a Date, date of death.

     '_d_s_t_r' a Date, date of stroke.

     '_a_g_e' a numeric vector, age at stroke.

     '_d_g_n' a factor, diagnosis, with levels 'ICH' (intracranial
          haemorrhage), 'ID' (unidentified). 'INF' (infarction,
          ischaemic),  'SAH' (subarchnoid haemorrhage).

     '_c_o_m_a' a factor with levels 'No' and 'Yes', indicating whether
          patient was in coma after the stroke.

     '_d_i_a_b' a factor with levels 'No' and 'Yes', history of diabetes.

     '_m_i_n_f' a factor with levels 'No' and 'Yes', history of myocardial
          infarction.

     '_h_a_n' a factor with levels 'No' and 'Yes', history of
          hypertension.

     '_o_b_s_m_o_n_t_h_s' a numeric vector, observation times in months (set to
          0.1 for patients dying on the same day as the stroke).

     '_d_e_a_d' a logical vector, whether patient died during the study.

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     Original data.

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     J. Korv, M. Roose, and A.E. Kaasik (1997). Stroke Registry of
     Tartu, Estonia, from 1991 through 1993. Cerebrovascular Disorders
     7:154-162.

