height_immunity: Data on the relationship between immune system functioning and body height in healthy people.
Description
Data from a study relating innate (complement & lysozyme activity,
neutrophil function) and adaptive (lymphocyte count, IgA, IgG and
vaccine responce) to height. The subjects were a group of Polish
volunteers.
Usage
data("height_immunity")
Arguments
Format
A data frame with 193 observations on the following 16 variables.
sex
Subject sex
age
Age in years
body.height
Height in mm
BMI
Body Mass Index
body_fat
Percent body fat
testosterone
Free testosterone titre
complement
Complement activity
lysozyme
Lysozyme activity
phagocytic
Phagocytic uptake
ROS
Reactive Oxygen Species production
IgA
Immunoglobulin A levels
IgG
Immunoglobulin G levels
CD3
CD3 lymphocytes
CD19
CD19 lymphocytes
flu_post_vaccination_response
Antibody response to 'flu vaccination
tetanus_post_vaccination_response
Antibody response to tetanus vaccination
References
Drulis-Kawa, Z. (2017) Body height and immune efficacy: testing body stature as a signal of biological quality. Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society, 284: 0171372