wcgs: Western Collaborative Group Study data
Description
The Western Collaborative Group Study (WCGS), a prospective cohort
studye, recruited middle-aged men (ages 39 to 59) who were employees
of 10 California companies and collected data on 3154 individuals
during the years 1960-1961. These subjects were primarily selected to
study the relationship between behavior pattern and the risk of
coronary hearth disease (CHD). A number of other risk factors were
also measured to provide the best possible assessment of the CHD risk
associated with behavior type. Additional variables collected include
age, height, weight, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood
pressure, cholesterol, smoking, and corneal arcus.
Format
id
Subject ID:
age0
Age: age in years
height0
Height: height in inches
weight0
Weight: weight in pounds
sbp0
Systolic blood pressure: mm Hg
dbp0
Diastolic blood pressure: mm Hg
chol0
Cholesterol: mg/100 ml
behpat0
Behavior pattern:
ncigs0
Smoking: Cigarettes/day
dibpat0
Dichotomous behavior pattern: 0 = Type B; 1 = Type A
chd69
Coronary heart disease event: 0 = none; 1 = yes
typechd
to be done
time169
Observation (follow up) time: Days
arcus0
Corneal arcus: 0 = none; 1 = yes
Source
UC Berkeley School of Public Health