betablok {SMIR}R Documentation

Beta-blockers for myocardial infarction

Description

A 22-centre clinical trial of beta-blockers for reducing mortality after myocardial infarction, described by Yusuf et. al. (1984). The important issue is the generalizability of the treatment effect across different patient populations.

Usage

data(betablok)

Format

A dataframe with 44 obs. and 4 variables:
[,1] r integer
[,2] n integer
[,3] centre int
[,4] treat factor w /2 levels "C","T"

Note

See p.524 in SMIR

Source

Yusuf, S., Peto, R., Lewis, J., Collins, R. and Sleight, P. (1984). "Beta blockade during and after myocardial infarction: an overview of the randomized trials", Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases, 27, 335–371.


[Package SMIR version 0.02 Index]