Description
Cushing's syndrome is a hypertensive disorder associated with
over-secretion of cortisol by the adrenal gland. The observations
are urinary excretion rates of two steroid metabolites.Format
The Cushings
data frame has 27 rows and 3 columns:
Tetrahydrocortisone
-
urinary excretion rate (mg/24hr) of Tetrahydrocortisone.
Pregnanetriol
-
urinary excretion rate (mg/24hr) of Pregnanetriol.
Type
-
underlying type of syndrome, coded
a
(adenoma) , b
(bilateral hyperplasia), c
(carcinoma) or u
for unknown.
References
Venables, W. N. and Ripley, B. D. (2002)
Modern Applied Statistics with S. Fourth edition. Springer.