muscatine_coronary_risk_df: Muscatine pediatric CRF

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Muscatine pediatric CRF

Description

This dataset, muscatine_coronary_risk_df, is a data frame containing longitudinal observations from the Muscatine Coronary Risk Factor (MCRF) study, which examined the development of coronary disease risk factors in children. It includes 14,568 observations of 4,856 children tracked from 1977 to 1981.

Usage

data(muscatine_coronary_risk_df)

Format

A data frame with 14,568 observations and 7 variables:

id

Child identification number (integer)

gender

Gender of child (factor with 2 levels)

base_age

Age at first observation in years (integer)

age

Current age in years (integer)

occasion

Measurement occasion (integer)

obese

Obesity status (factor with 2 levels)

numobese

Numeric obesity indicator (numeric)

Details

The dataset name has been kept as 'muscatine_coronary_risk_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 geepack package version 1.3.12. Original study: The Muscatine Coronary Risk Factor Study, University of Iowa, 1977-1981.

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