Controlled Epidemiological Studies

Data for Exercises (arranged by Chapter)

The folowing documents provide advice on preparing the computer

and software environment to facilitate the exercies

                         R users  here  


                        Stata users   here   
			(ADO and HLP files for Kaplan-Meier weights)   here   

• Framingham Teaching Dataset with variables relevant to Chapter 2
• Dataset created from information provided in the paper by Zang and Wynder (Preventive Medicine, 2001)
• Dataset created from information provided in the paper on RSV in Kenyan children (PloS One 2016)

• Data from case-control study of ectopic pregnancy (2-stage study)
• Cross-sectional data from the Framingham Teaching Dataset
• Summary dataset from study of H. pylori in schoolchildren (2-stage study)
• Data from Kenyan case-control study of infertility
• Simulated data representing the selection in Einarsdottir et al 2008 (PMID: 18271972)

• Simulated data similar to that in Salim et al 2017 (PMID: 27734520)

• Cross-sectional data from visit 1 of Framingham Teaching Dataset
• Summary of neonatal jaundice dataset of Lee et al 2016 (PMID: 27173507)

• Data in Table 1 of Sjolander 2013 (PMID: 23761197)
• Data from Framingham Teaching Dataset used in Example 2.5


• Data similar to that used in Figure 6.3
• Data similar to that used in Figure 6.3 but with two shared event times
• Data similar to that used in Figure 6.3 but individuals belong to two matching strata


• Fictitious case-control data generated to represent data used in Wang et al 2020 (PMID: 31107987)
• Swedish female population counts 2002-2011

• Simulated data set used in Chapter 4, but with additional outcome (stroke) in addition to CHD
• Nested case-control sample of CHD selected from the simulated cohort

• Pilot (stratified) sample from full CASS data, similar to Table 1 of Reilly 1996 (PMID: 8533752)
• Binary outcome and covariates for pilot sample of size 118 from twelve strata of CASS data (Table 5, PMID: 8533752)
• Full CASS data from which pilot samples were drawn
• Data from case-control study of ectopic pregnancy (2-stage study)
• Fictitious dataset constructed from Swedish delivery records used in Tables 4.6 and 4.9

• Framingham data from Chapter 7 of textbook by William Dupont (ISBN: 9780511575884)
• Study comparing attendance of addicts at two clinics
• Simulated cohort of 10,000 with time-dependent exposure and censoring
• Simplified extract of brothers of prostate cancer patients from Lee et al 2015 (PMID: 25267314)