Data from a longitudinal study examining the effectiveness of Methylprednisolone as a treatment for patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis. Subjects were randomly assigned to a treatment (31 received a placebo, 35 received the treatment) and serum bilirubin was measures each week for four weeks.
data(ahd)
A data frame with 330 observations on the following 5 variables:
The treatment a subject received - a factor. Levels are
placebo and treated.
Subject ID - a factor.
Week of the study (0--4) - the time variable.
Serum bilirubin level (in \(\mu\)mol/L).
A subject's serum bilirubin level at week 0.
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