Lucency Data

SAS code to access the data using the lucency data set.

Brief Description

From Kergosien, D. H., barnhart, M. D., Kees, C E., Danielson, B. G., Brourman, J. D., Dehoff, W. D., Schertel, E. R. (2004), "Radiographic and Clinical Changes of the Tibial Tuberosity after Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteomtomy," Veterinary Surgery, 468-474.

186 dogs had 219 Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy (TPLO) surgeries. The 0-1 response variable lucency is whether radiograhic changes were seen in the re-evaluation radiographs before starting rehabilitation. The logistic regression analysis ignored possible correlation due to surgeries on the same dog.

In the text file above, the variables are named

blade_size
tt_area                 tibial tuberosity area
rarea  = 1.0/tt_area;   actually used in the logistic regression
tt_width                tibial tuberosity width
rwidth = 1.0/tt_width;  actually used in the logistic regression
age                     age in years
wt_kg                   weight in kilograms
pin                     location of the anti-rotational pin
unibi                   bilateral surgery (1) or unilateral surgery (0)