fischdaten: Data of the 'Fischstudie'

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Description

This dataset provides data of 308 patients enrolled in the 'Fischstudie', described in Schumacher and Schulgen (2002).

Usage

data(fischdaten)

Format

A data frame with 308 observations on the following 16 variables.

patnr

Patient number.

geschl

Sex: 0 = female, 1 = male.

alter

Age in years.

groesse

Height in cm.

gew0

Weight at study entry, in kg.

gew15

Weight at 15 days, in kg.

gew28

Weight at 28 days, in kg.

chol0

Cholesterin level at study entry, in mg/dl.

chol15

Cholesterin level at 15 days, in mg/dl.

chol28

Cholesterin level at 28 days, in mg/dl.

fisch

Received fish (1) or not (0).

kalorie

Received reduced food (1) or not (0).

Source

This dataset is used in Schumacher and Schulgen (2002) and Held et al. (2013).

References

Held, Leonhard, Rufibach, Kaspar, and Seifert, Burkhardt (2013). Medizinische Statistik. Konzepte, Methoden, Anwendungen. Pearson Verlag, Halbergmoos, Germany.

Schumacher, Martin and Schulgen, Gabi. (2002). Methodik klinischer Studien. Springer, Berlin, Germany.

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