# ESR data, Example 1.7 in D. Collett, Modelling Binary Data, Chapman & # Hall, 1991 # # Data on 32 patients from Institute of Medical Research, Kuala # Lumpur, Malaysia, correlating ESR with 2 plasma proteins, fibrogen # and gamma-globulin (both gm/l) response is ESR > 20 mm/h (0 is # negative, 1 is positive) ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate) is the # rate at which red blood cells (erythrocytes) settle out of # suspension in blood plasma. # # variables = id, fibrogen (fig), gamma-globulin (glob), resp (esr > 20) # fib glob resp 1 2.52 38 0 2 2.56 31 0 3 2.19 33 0 4 2.18 31 0 5 3.41 37 0 6 2.46 36 0 7 3.22 38 0 8 2.21 37 0 9 3.15 39 0 10 2.60 41 0 11 2.29 36 0 12 2.35 29 0 13 5.06 37 1 14 3.34 32 1 15 2.38 37 1 16 3.15 36 0 17 3.53 46 1 18 2.68 34 0 19 2.60 38 0 20 2.23 37 0 21 2.88 30 0 22 2.65 46 0 23 2.09 44 1 24 2.28 36 0 25 2.67 39 0 26 2.29 31 0 27 2.15 31 0 28 2.54 28 0 29 3.93 32 1 30 3.34 30 0 31 2.99 36 0 32 3.32 35 0