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This dataset, smoking_lung_cancer_df, is a data frame containing data from a retrospective case-control study comparing smoking status between 86 lung cancer patients and 86 controls.

Usage

data(smoking_lung_cancer_df)

Format

A data frame with 2 observations and 3 variables:

Smoking

Smoking status (factor with 2 levels: "NonSmokers", "Smokers")

Cancer

Number of lung cancer cases (integer vector)

Control

Number of control cases (integer vector)

Source

Data taken from the Sleuth3 package version 1.0-6

Details

The dataset name has been kept as 'smoking_lung_cancer_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the PulmoDataSets 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.