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boys7482: Growth of Dutch boys

Description

Height, weight, head circumference and puberty of 7482 Dutch boys.

Arguments

Format

A data frame with 7482 rows on 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)

Author

Stef van Buuren, 2012

Details

The complete sample of cross-sectional data from boys 0-21 years used to construct the Dutch growth references 1997. Variables gen and phb are ordered factors. reg is a factor. Note: A 10% sample from this data is available in data set boys in the mice package.