This dataset, copd_drug_therapy_df, is a data frame containing results from 39 trials examining pharmacologic treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It includes study identifiers, treatment groups, number of exacerbations, and sample sizes.
Usage
data(copd_drug_therapy_df)Format
A data frame with 94 observations and 6 variables:
- study
Character variable identifying each study
- year
Integer variable indicating the publication year
- id
Integer variable representing the study ID
- treatment
Character variable describing the treatment group
- exac
Integer variable indicating the number of COPD exacerbations
- total
Integer variable for the total number of patients in the group
Details
The dataset name has been kept as 'copd_drug_therapy_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the MedxR package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'df' indicates that the dataset is a data frame. The original content has not been modified in any way.