birthwt_df: Risk Factors Associated with Low Infant Birth Weight
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birthwt_df

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Risk Factors Associated with Low Infant Birth Weight

Description

The dataset name has been changed to 'birthwt_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets from packages in the R ecosystem and to follow the naming conventions of the 'MedDataSets' package. The suffix '_df' indicates that this dataset is a data frame, helping to distinguish it from other datasets within the package and from those in the broader R ecosystem. The original content of the dataset has not been modified in any way.

Usage

data(birthwt_df)

Format

A data frame with 189 observations and 10 variables:

low: An integer indicating whether the infant's birth weight is low (1) or not (0).
age: An integer representing the age of the mother (in years).
lwt: An integer indicating the mother's weight at last menstrual period (in pounds).
race: An integer indicating the race of the mother (coded as 1, 2, or 3).
smoke: An integer indicating whether the mother smoked during pregnancy (1 for yes, 0 for no).
ptl: An integer indicating the number of premature labors.
ht: An integer indicating whether the mother had a history of hypertension (1 for yes, 0 for no).
ui: An integer indicating whether the mother had a history of uterine irritability (1 for yes, 0 for no).
ftv: An integer indicating the number of physician visits during the first trimester.
bwt: An integer representing the infant's birth weight (in grams).

Details

This dataset contains information on risk factors associated with low infant birth weight, including maternal characteristics and behaviors during pregnancy.