cardioRiskFactors_df: Cardiovascular Risk Factors

In CardioDataSets: A Comprehensive Collection of Cardiovascular and Heart Disease Datasets

Cardiovascular Risk Factors

Description

This dataset, cardioRiskFactors_df, is a data frame containing information from a study investigating the association between uric acid and cardiovascular risk factors in developing countries. It includes data from 998 participants (474 men and 524 women) aged 25-64 years.

Usage

data(cardioRiskFactors_df)

Format

A data frame with 998 observations and 14 variables:

age

Age in years (integer)

bmi

Body Mass Index in kg/m² (numeric)

waisthip

Waist-to-hip ratio (numeric)

smok

Smoking status (integer)

choles

Total cholesterol in mg/dL (numeric)

trig

Triglycerides in mg/dL (numeric)

hdl

HDL cholesterol in mg/dL (numeric)

ldl

LDL cholesterol in mg/dL (numeric)

sys

Systolic blood pressure in mmHg (integer)

dia

Diastolic blood pressure in mmHg (numeric)

Uric

Uric acid level in mg/dL (integer)

sex

Sex (integer)

alco

Alcohol consumption (numeric)

apoa

Apolipoprotein A in mg/dL (numeric)

Details

The dataset name has been kept as 'cardioRiskFactors_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the CardioDataSets package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'df' indicates that the dataset is a standard data frame. The original content has not been modified in any way.

Source

Data taken from the Rfit package version 0.27.0. Original study: Heritier S, Cantoni E, Copt S, Victoria-Feser M (2009). Robust Methods in Biostatistics. New York: John Wiley and Sons.

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