bloodfat: Blood data for patients with narrowing arteries
Description
Data were collected on the concentration of plasma cholesterol and plasma triglycerides (mg/dl) for 371 male patients evaluated for chest pain. For 51 of those patients, no evidence of heart disease was found. This subset corresponds to the remaining 320 patients for which there was evidence of narrowing arteries.
Usage
data(bloodfat)
Arguments
Format
A data frame containing the following variables:
Cholesterol
Concentration of plasma cholesterol [mg/dl].
Triglycerides
Concentration of plasma triglycerides [mg/dl].
References
Scott D.W., Gotto A.M., Cole J.S., Gorry G.A. (1978). Plasma lipids as collateral risk factors in coronary artery disease: a study of 371 males with chest pain. Journal of Chronic Diseases, 31, 337--345.