Natural history of 1341 sequential patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS). This is a superset of the mgus data, at a later point in the accrual process. This dataset is redistributed from the survival package with an added competing risks event indicator.
mgus2A data frame with 1384 observations on the following 10 variables.
idsubject identifier
ageage at diagnosis, in years
sexa factor with levels F M
dxyryear of diagnosis
hgbhemoglobin
creatcreatinine
mspikesize of the monoclonal serum spike
ptimetime until progression to a plasma cell malignancy (PCM) or last contact, in months
pstatoccurrence of PCM: 0=no, 1=yes
futimetime until death or last contact, in months
deathoccurrence of death: 0=no, 1=yes
etimetime until either death, pcm, or last contact
eventfactor indicating which event occurred first