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Example data for matched case-control analysis

Source: R/data.R
mccxmpl.Rd

A subset of data from Jick et al. (1973) with data on a matched case-control study on myocardial infarction and drinking 6+ cups of coffee per day. Cases and controls were matched after excluding people who drank 1 to 5 cups of coffee per day.

Usage

mccxmpl

Format

mccxmpl

A data frame with 27 rows and 2 columns:

case

Integer variable of either 1 (exposed) or 0 (not exposed)

control

Integer variable of either 1 (exposed) or 0 (not exposed)

Source

In Stata 18 - run the commands:

webuse mccxmpl, clear
expand pop
keep case control

References

Jick, H. et al. (1973). Coffee and myocardial infarction. New England Journal of Medicine 289: 63–67. doi:10.1056/NEJM197307122890203 .