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stroke: Estonian stroke data

Description

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

Usage

stroke

Arguments

Format

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

sex

a factor with levels Female and Male.

died

a Date, date of death.

dstr

a Date, date of stroke.

age

a numeric vector, age at stroke.

dgn

a factor, diagnosis, with levels ICH (intracranial haemorrhage), ID (unidentified). INF (infarction, ischaemic), SAH (subarchnoid haemorrhage).

coma

a factor with levels No and Yes, indicating whether patient was in coma after the stroke.

diab

a factor with levels No and Yes, history of diabetes.

minf

a factor with levels No and Yes, history of myocardial infarction.

han

a factor with levels No and Yes, history of hypertension.

obsmonths

a numeric vector, observation times in months (set to 0.1 for patients dying on the same day as the stroke).

dead

a logical vector, whether patient died during the study.

References

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