nhanes18: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

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National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Description

Results of the Survey as of 2018.

Format

A data frame with 9842 observations on the following 18 variables.

id

An ID number for the subject

gender

"male" or "female"

age

age of subject in years

arthritis

Was the subject ever told he/she had arthritis? (yes, no)

edu

level of education attained

married

marital status

income

income level

cholesterol

blood cholesterol (mmol/L)

glucose

glucose, refridgerated serum (mmol/L)

iron

iron (umol/L)

sodium

sodium (mmol/L)

weight

weight (kg)

systolic

systolic blood pressure, mm/Hg

diastolic

diastolic blood pressure, mm/Hg

asthma

Does the subject have asthma? (yes, no)

heartattack

Was the subject ever told he/she had a heart attack? (yes, no)

liver

Was the subject ever told he/she had a liver condition? (yes, no)

cancer

Was the subject ever told he/she had a cancer or malignancy? (yes, no)

Source

NHANES, the National Health and Nutrition Survey. See http://wwwn.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes/search/nhanes03_04.aspx# for more infromation.

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