fish_oil_18: Findings on n-3 Fatty Acid Supplement Health Benefits

Description

The results summarize each of the health outcomes for an experiment where 12,933 subjects received a 1g fish oil supplement daily and 12,938 received a placebo daily. The experiment's duration was 5-years.

Usage

fish_oil_18

Arguments

Format

The format is a list of 24 matrices. Each matrix is a 2x2 table, and below are the named items in the list, which also represent the outcomes.

major_cardio_event: Major cardiovascular event. (Primary end point.)
cardio_event_expanded: Cardiovascular event in expanded composite endpoint.
myocardioal_infarction: Total myocardial infarction. (Heart attack.)
stroke: Total stroke.
cardio_death: Death from cardiovascular causes.
PCI: Percutaneous coronary intervention.
CABG: Coronary artery bypass graft.
total_coronary_heart_disease: Total coronary heart disease.
ischemic_stroke: Ischemic stroke.
hemorrhagic_stroke: Hemorrhagic stroke.
chd_death: Death from coronary heart disease.
myocardial_infarction_death: Death from myocardial infraction.
stroke_death: Death from stroke.
invasive_cancer: Invasive cancer of any type. (Primary end point.)
breast_cancer: Breast cancer.
prostate_cancer: Prostate cancer.
colorectal_cancer: Colorectal cancer.
cancer_death: Death from cancer.
death: Death from any cause.
major_cardio_event_after_2y: Major cardiovascular event, excluding the first 2 years of follow-up.
myocardial_infarction_after_2y: Total myocardial infarction, excluding the first 2 years of follow-up.
invasive_cancer_after_2y: Invasive cancer of any type, excluding the first 2 years of follow-up.
cancer_death_after_2y: Death from cancer, excluding the first 2 years of follow-up.
death_after_2y: Death from any cause, excluding the first 2 years of follow-up.

Examples

Run this code


names(fish_oil_18)
(tab <- fish_oil_18[["major_cardio_event"]])
chisq.test(tab)
fisher.test(tab)

(tab <- fish_oil_18[["myocardioal_infarction"]])
chisq.test(tab)
fisher.test(tab)

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