

heart(MASS)                                  R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n_:

     The Stanford heart transplant data from Kalbfliesch &
     Prentice.  A data frame.

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s_:

   start: start time in days. Either 0 or time of trans-
          plant.

transplant: is this before (0) or after (1) transplantation?

    stop: time of transplant or death or censoring (days)

   event: death (1) or censored (0)

     age: patient's age in years at acceptance, less 48.

    year: date of acceptance. Actually days since 1967/10/1
          divided by 365.25.

 surgery: prior surgery (0 = no, 1 = yes).

      id: Patient's ID

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s_:

     The components are:

_S_o_u_r_c_e_:

     Kalbfleisch, J.D. and Prentice R.L. (1980) The Statis-
     tical Analysis of Failure Time Data.

