Muscular Dystrophy. Data from Rencher (1995), Ex. 5.17 Data were collected in an attempt to find a screening procedure to detect carriers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a disease transmitted from female careiers to some of their male offspring (Andrews and Herzberg, 1985, p. 223-228) The following variables were measured on a sample of moncarriers and a sample of carriers: Group Noncarrier = 1, Carrier = 2 Age age Month month in which the measurements are taken Crea creatine kinase Hemo hemopexin Lact lactate dehydrogenase Pyru pyruvate kinase The variables Crea and Hemo are relatively inexpensive to measure compared to Lact and Pyru. Crea to Pyru may depend on age and month.