agefat: Total Body Composision Data
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agefat R Documentation
Total Body Composision Data
Description
Age and body fat percentage of 25 normal adults.
Usage
data("agefat")
Format
A data frame with 25 observations on the following 3 variables.
agethe age of the subject.
fatthe body fat percentage.
gendera factor with levels female and male.
Details
The data come from a study investigating a new methods of measuring body
composition (see Mazess et al, 1984), and give the body fat percentage
(percent fat), age and gender for 25 normal adults aged between 23 and 61 years.
The questions of interest are how are age and percent fat related, and is
there any evidence that the relationship is different for males and females.
Source
R. B. Mazess, W. W. Peppler and M. Gibbons (1984), Total body composition by
dual-photon (153Gd) absorptiometry. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition,
40, 834–839.
Examples
data("agefat", package = "HSAUR3")
plot(fat ~ age, data = agefat)
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Total Body Composision Data
Description
Age and body fat percentage of 25 normal adults.
Usage
data("agefat")Format
A data frame with 25 observations on the following 3 variables.
agethe age of the subject.
fatthe body fat percentage.
gendera factor with levels
femaleandmale.
Details
The data come from a study investigating a new methods of measuring body composition (see Mazess et al, 1984), and give the body fat percentage (percent fat), age and gender for 25 normal adults aged between 23 and 61 years. The questions of interest are how are age and percent fat related, and is there any evidence that the relationship is different for males and females.
Source
R. B. Mazess, W. W. Peppler and M. Gibbons (1984), Total body composition by dual-photon (153Gd) absorptiometry. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 40, 834–839.
Examples
data("agefat", package = "HSAUR3")
plot(fat ~ age, data = agefat)
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