This dataset, tuberculosis_vaccine_df, is a data frame containing results from 13 clinical trials examining the effectiveness of the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine against tuberculosis.
Usage
data(tuberculosis_vaccine_df)Format
A data frame with 13 observations and 9 variables:
- trial
Trial identifier number (integer vector)
- author
Study author(s) (character vector)
- year
Year of publication (integer vector)
- tpos
Number of TB positive cases in vaccinated group (integer vector)
- tneg
Number of TB negative cases in vaccinated group (integer vector)
- cpos
Number of TB positive cases in control group (integer vector)
- cneg
Number of TB negative cases in control group (integer vector)
- ablat
Absolute latitude of study location (integer vector)
- alloc
Method of treatment allocation (character vector)
Details
The dataset name has been kept as 'tuberculosis_vaccine_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.