\HeaderA{colon.pheno}{Covariate information for the colon data}{colon.pheno}
\keyword{datasets}{colon.pheno}
\begin{Description}\relax
Covariate data for the colon data example:
\item[sex] Sex of the patient.
\item[age] Age of the patient.
\item[location] Location of the tumour.
\item[grade] Histologic tumour grade.
\item[UICC.stage] UICC stage of colorectal carcinoma.
\end{Description}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}data(colon.pheno)\end{verbatim}
\end{Usage}
\begin{Format}\relax
The format is:    \\
\code{`data.frame':   12 obs. of  5 variables:}  \\
\code{\$ sex       : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 ...}  \\
\code{\$ age       : int  71 76 63 73 58 66 60 66 86 76 ...}   \\
\code{\$ location  : Factor w/ 2 levels "distal","proximal": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 ...} \\
\code{\$ grade     : Factor w/ 2 levels "2","3": 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 ...}   \\
\code{\$ UICC.stage: Factor w/ 2 levels "2","3": 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 ...}
\end{Format}
\begin{References}\relax
Groene, J. et al., 2006, Transcriptional census of 36 microdissected colorectal cancers yields a gene signature 
to distinguish UICC II and III, \emph{Int J Cancer} 119(8):1829--36.
\end{References}
\begin{Examples}
\begin{ExampleCode}
data(colon.pheno)
#str(colon.pheno)
\end{ExampleCode}
\end{Examples}

