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OXFIT data set
Description
Faecal immunochemical testing for adults with symptoms of colorectal cancer attending English primary care.
Usage
OXFIT
Format
A data frame with 9.999 observations on the following 10 variables.
sex
Sex of patient, coded
1
= male,2
= femalefit_val
Faecal immunochemical test (FIT) micro grams per Hb/g faeces.
albumin
Blood albumin in grams per decilitre (g/dL).
alkphosphatase
Alkophosphatase (ALK) in units per litre (U/L).
crp
C-reactive protein (CRP) in mg/dL.
haemoglobin
Haemoglobin in grams per decilitre (g/dL).
mean_cell_hgb
Mean cell haemoglobin in picograms per cell (pg).
mean_cell_vol
Mean cell volume (MCV) in cubic microns (micrometre ^3).
platelets
Platelets in millilitres per Kilogram (mL/Kg).
cancer
Whether the patient had colorectal cancer (
0
= No,1
= Yes)
Details
Faecal samples and other blood tests from routine primary care practice in Oxfordshire, UK between March 2017 and March 2020. FIT was analysed using the HM-JACKarc FIT method. Patients were followed for up to 36 months in linked hospital records for evidence of benign and serious colrectal disease (e.g. colorectal cancer, high-risk adenomas, and bowel inflammation).
Source
This is a synthetic data set generated from the original data set and therefore does not contain actual patient data, only data from simulated patients that share similar attributes to those of the original cohort.
References
Nicholson BD, James T, Paddon M, et al. Faecal immunochemical testing for adults with symptoms of colorectal cancer attending English primary care: a retrospective cohort study of 14 487 consecutive test requests. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2020; 52: 1031–1041.
Examples
data(OXFIT, package = "R4HCR")