| EBMT cause of death data | R Documentation |
A data frame of 8966 patients transplanted at the EBMT. The included variables are
Patient identification number
Time in months from transplantation to death or last follow-up
Survival status; 0 = censored; 1,...,6 = death due to the following causes: Relapse (1), GvHD (2), Bacterial infections (3), Viral infections (4), Fungal infections (5), Other causes (6)
Cause of death as factor with levels "Alive", "Relapse", "GvHD", "Bacterial", "Viral", "Fungal", "Other"
Disease subclassification; factor with levels "AML", "ALL", "CML"
Donor-recipient gender match; factor with levels "No gender mismatch", "Gender mismatch"
T-cell depletion; factor with levels "No TCD", "TCD", "Unknown"
Year of transplantation; factor with levels "1985-1989", "1990-1994", "1995-1998"
Patient age at transplant; factor with levels "<=20", "20-40", ">40"
A data frame, see data.frame.
We acknowledge the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) for making available these data. Disclaimer: these data were simplified for the purpose of illustration of the analysis of competing risks and multi-state models and do not reflect any real life situation. No clinical conclusions should be drawn from these data.
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