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miceExt (version 1.1.0)

boys_data: Growth of Dutch boys

Description

Modified sample of the boys data set that is included in mice.

Arguments

Format

A dataset with 100 observations of the following 9 variables:

age

Decimal age (0-21 years)

hgt

Height (cm)

wgt

Weight (kg)

bmi

Body mass index

hc

Head circumference (cm)

gen

Genital Tanner stage (G1-G5)

phb

Pubic hair (Tanner P1-P6)

tv

Testicular volume (ml)

reg

Region (north, east, west, south, city)

Details

The original data set boys that is included in mice is a random sample of 10% from the cross-sectional data used to construct the Dutch growth references 1997, and contains information height, weight, head circumference and puberty of 748 Dutch boys. From this data, a sample of 100 rows has been taken and modified such that in each row, the values in the columns hc, gen and phb are either blockwise NA or blockwise non-NA.

See Also

boys