403 African Americans were interviewed in a study to understand the prevalence of obesity, diabetes, and other cardiovascular risk factors in central Virginia.
A data frame with 403 observations on the following 19 variables.
Subject ID
Total Cholesterol
Stabilized Glucose
High Density Lipoprotein
Cholesterol/HDL Ratio
Glycosolated Hemoglobin
County
- a factor with levels Buckingham
Louisa
age in years
a factor with levels
male
female
height in inches
weight in pounds
a factor with
levels small
medium
large
First Systolic Blood Pressure
First Diastolic Blood Pressure
Second Systolic Blood Pressure
Second Diastolic Blood Pressure
waist in inches
hip in inches
Postprandial Time (in minutes) when Labs were Drawn
Glycosolated hemoglobin greater than 7.0 is usually taken as a positive diagnosis of diabetes
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