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ncvreg (version 3.4-0)

heart: Risk factors associated with heart disease

Description

Data from a subset of the Coronary Risk-Factor Study baseline survey, carried out in rural South Africa. The variables are as follows:
  • sbp: Systolic blood pressure
  • tobacco: Cumulative tobacco consumption, in kg
  • ldl: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
  • adiposity: Adipose tissue concentration
  • famhist: Family history of heart disease (1=Present, 0=Absent)
  • typea: Score on test designed to measure type-A behavior
  • obesity: Obesity
  • alcohol: Current consumption of alcohol
  • age: Age of subject
  • chd: Coronary heart disease at baseline; 1=Yes 0=No

Usage

data(heart)

Arguments

format

A data frame with 462 observations on 10 variables

source

http://statweb.stanford.edu/~tibs/ElemStatLearn/

References

  • Hastie T, Tibshirani R, and Friedman J. (2001).The Elements of Statistical Learning. Springer.
  • Rousseauw J, et al. (1983). Coronary risk factor screening in three rural communities.South African Medical Journal,64, 430-436.