HealthExam: HealthExam data set.

Description Usage Format Source Examples

Description

A dataset containing weights, blood pressures and other attributes of 40 adult men and 40 adult women. Sample is loosely based on data in the National Health Exam III.

Usage

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data("HealthExam")

Format

A data frame with 80 observations on the following 12 variables.

Sex

male or female

AgeGroup

18-35, 36-65, 65+

Height

height in inches

Weight

weight in pounds

Waist

circumference in cm

Pulse

pulse rate in beats per minute

SysBP

systolic blood pressure in mmHg

DiasBP

diastolic blood pressure in mmHg

BodyMass

body mass index in kg/m^2

Cholesterol

in mg/dL

Leg

upper leg length in cm

Region

Geographic region in the US. 1: Midwest, 2: Northeast, 3: South, 4: West

Source

based on http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes/nh3data.htm

Examples

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data(HealthData)

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