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attribrisk (version 0.1)

chapter.dat: The data from Whisnant, et al 1996 concerning cerebral infarction, blood pressure, diabetes.

Description

The data from Whisnant, et al 1996 concerning cerebral infarction, blood pressure, diabetes.

Arguments

Format

A data frame with 2644 subjects and 5 variables.
  • cases Stroke indicator. (1=Stroke, 0=Normal)
  • hbp High blood pressure indicator. (1=High Blood Pressure, 0=Normal )
  • ihd Ischemic heart disease indicator. (1=Heart Disease, 0=Normal)
  • dm Diabetes indicator. (1=Diabetic, 0= Normal)
  • match.id Matched case/controls have same ID.

References

Whisnant, J.P., Wiebers, D.O., OFallon, W.M., Sicks, J.D., Frye, R.L., (1996) A population-based model of risk factors for ischemic stroke: Rochester, Minnesota Neurology 47:1420-1428.