Type 2 Diabetes Clinical Trial for Patients 10-17 Years Old

Description

Three treatments were compared to test their relative efficacy (effectiveness) in treating Type 2 Diabetes in patients aged 10-17 who were being treated with metformin. The primary outcome was lack of glycemic control (or not); lacking glycemic control means the patient still needed insulin, which is not the preferred outcome for a patient.

Usage

diabetes2

Format

A data frame with 699 observations on the following 2 variables.

treatment

The treatment the patient received.

outcome

Whether there patient still needs insulin (failure) or met a basic positive outcome bar (success).

Details

Each of the 699 patients in the experiment were randomized to one of the following treatments: (1) continued treatment with metformin (coded as met), (2) formin combined with rosiglitazone (coded as rosi), or or (3) a lifestyle-intervention program (coded as lifestyle).

Source

Zeitler P, et al. 2012. A Clinical Trial to Maintain Glycemic Control in Youth with Type 2 Diabetes. N Engl J Med.

Examples

lapply(diabetes2, table)
(cont.table <- table(diabetes2))
(m <- chisq.test(cont.table))
m$expected