Survival Times and White Blood Counts for Leukaemia Patients

The dataset name has been changed to 'leuk_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets from packages in the R ecosystem and to follow the naming conventions of the 'MedDataSets' package. The suffix '_df' indicates that this dataset is a data frame, helping to distinguish it from other datasets within the package and from those in the broader R ecosystem. The original content of the dataset has not been modified in any way.

Usage

data(leuk_df)

Format

A data frame with 33 observations and 3 variables:

wbc

An integer representing the white blood cell count (in thousands per microliter).

ag

A factor indicating the treatment group (with 2 possible levels).

time

An integer indicating the survival time (in days).

Source

Data collected from clinical studies on leukaemia patients.

Details

This dataset contains survival times and white blood cell counts for leukaemia patients, providing insights into the relationship between blood counts and survival outcomes.