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SAheart: 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(SAheart)

Arguments

Format

A data frame with 462 observations on 10 variables

References

Rousseauw, J., du Plessis, J., Benade, A., Jordaan, P., Kotze, J. and Ferreira, J. (1983). Coronary risk factor screening in three rural communities. South African Medical Journal 64: 430-436.