datasets (version 3.5.1)

esoph: Smoking, Alcohol and (O)esophageal Cancer

Description

Data from a case-control study of (o)esophageal cancer in Ille-et-Vilaine, France.

Usage

esoph

Format

A data frame with records for 88 age/alcohol/tobacco combinations.

[,1]	"agegp"	Age group	1 25--34 years
			2 35--44
			3 45--54
			4 55--64
			5 65--74
			6 75+
[,2]	"alcgp"	Alcohol consumption	1 0--39 gm/day
			2 40--79
			3 80--119
			4 120+
[,3]	"tobgp"	Tobacco consumption	1 0-- 9 gm/day
			2 10--19
			3 20--29
			4 30+
[,4]	"ncases"	Number of cases

Examples

# NOT RUN {
require(stats)
require(graphics) # for mosaicplot
summary(esoph)
## effects of alcohol, tobacco and interaction, age-adjusted
model1 <- glm(cbind(ncases, ncontrols) ~ agegp + tobgp * alcgp,
              data = esoph, family = binomial())
anova(model1)
## Try a linear effect of alcohol and tobacco
model2 <- glm(cbind(ncases, ncontrols) ~ agegp + unclass(tobgp)
                                         + unclass(alcgp),
              data = esoph, family = binomial())
summary(model2)
## Re-arrange data for a mosaic plot
ttt <- table(esoph$agegp, esoph$alcgp, esoph$tobgp)
o <- with(esoph, order(tobgp, alcgp, agegp))
ttt[ttt == 1] <- esoph$ncases[o]
tt1 <- table(esoph$agegp, esoph$alcgp, esoph$tobgp)
tt1[tt1 == 1] <- esoph$ncontrols[o]
tt <- array(c(ttt, tt1), c(dim(ttt),2),
            c(dimnames(ttt), list(c("Cancer", "control"))))
mosaicplot(tt, main = "esoph data set", color = TRUE)
# }