sksurv.datasets.load_aids#

sksurv.datasets.load_aids(endpoint='aids')[source]#

Load and return the AIDS Clinical Trial dataset

The dataset has 1,151 samples and 11 features. The dataset has 2 endpoints:

  1. AIDS defining event, which occurred for 96 patients (8.3%)

  2. Death, which occurred for 26 patients (2.3%)

See [1], [2] for further description.

Parameters:

endpoint (aids|death) – The endpoint

Returns:

  • x (pandas.DataFrame) – The measurements for each patient.

  • y (structured array with 2 fields) – censor: boolean indicating whether the endpoint has been reached or the event time is right censored.

    time: total length of follow-up

    If endpoint is death, the fields are named censor_d and time_d.

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