fev: Forced expiratory volume in children

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Forced expiratory volume in children

Description

Dataset to examine if respiratory function in children was influenced by exposure to smoking at home.

Usage

data(fev)

Format

A data frame with 654 observations on the following 5 variables.

Age

age in years

FEV

forced expiratory volume in liters

Ht

height measured in inches

Gender

gender (0=female, 1=male)

Smoke

exposure to smoking (0=no, 1=yes)

Source

I. Tager and S. Weiss and B. Rosner and F. Speizer (1979). Effect of Parental Cigarette Smoking on the Pulmonary Function of Children. American Journal of Epidemiology. 110:15-26

Examples

data(fev)

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