Cushings

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.

datasets

Functions and datasets to support Venables and Ripley,
"Modern Applied Statistics with S" (4th edition, 2002).

Brian Ripley

MASS

Support Functions and Datasets for Venables and Ripley's MASS

Bill Venables

Kurt Hornik

Albrecht Gebhardt

David Firth

Cushings function

The <code>Cushings</code> data frame has 27 rows and 3 columns:<dl>
 <dt><code>Tetrahydrocortisone</code></dt>
<dd>urinary excretion rate (mg/24hr) of Tetrahydrocortisone.</dd> <dt><code>Pregnanetriol</code></dt>
<dd>urinary excretion rate (mg/24hr) of Pregnanetriol.</dd> <dt><code>Type</code></dt>
<dd>underlying type of syndrome, coded <code>a</code> (adenoma) , <code>b</code>
 (bilateral hyperplasia), <code>c</code> (carcinoma) or <code>u</code> for unknown.</dd> 
</dl>

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Diagnostic Tests on Patients with Cushing's Syndrome — Cushings

The <code>Cushings</code> data frame has 27 rows and 3 columns:<dl>
 <dt><code>Tetrahydrocortisone</code></dt>
<dd>urinary excretion rate (mg/24hr) of Tetrahydrocortisone.</dd>

 <dt><code>Pregnanetriol</code></dt>
<dd>urinary excretion rate (mg/24hr) of Pregnanetriol.</dd>

 <dt><code>Type</code></dt>
<dd>underlying type of syndrome, coded <code>a</code> (adenoma) , <code>b</code>
 (bilateral hyperplasia), <code>c</code> (carcinoma) or <code>u</code> for unknown.</dd>

 
</dl>

Cushings: Diagnostic Tests on Patients with Cushing's Syndrome

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