babies: Low birth weight births

Description Usage Format Source

Description

Information from a sample of 100 low birth weight infants born in two teaching hospitals in Boston, Massachusetts.

Usage

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Format

A tibble with 100 rows and 10 variables:

headcirc

Head circumferencem, in cm.

length

Birth length, in cm.

gestage

Gestational age in weeks.

birthwt

Birth weight, in grams.

momage

Age of mother, at birth.

toxemia

1 if child's mother was diagnosed with toxemia during pregnancy, 0 otherwise.

sbp

Systolic blood pressure measurement for the infant.

sex

Sex at birth where 1 is male and 0 is female.

grmhrm

1 if the infant experienced a germinal matrix hemorrhage, 0 otherwise.

apgar5

Infant's 5 minute apgar score.

Source

Leviton, A., Fenton, T., Kuban, K.C. and Pagano, M., 1991. Labor and deliver characteristics and the risk of germinal matrix hemorrhage in low birth weight infants. Journal of child neurology, 6(1), pp.35-40 VIA Pagano, M., & Gauvreau, K. (2018). Principles of biostatistics. CRC Press.


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