insulin {Durga}

Insulin data

Description

Selected results of experiments performed by Banting et al., (1922), testing whether insulin reduces blood sugar. Insulin was administered in rabbits and blood sugar was measured within three hours. Data collated from Table 1 and Table 2 of Banting et al., (1922). This data set is in long format. insulin.wide is an equivalent data set in wide format.

Usage

insulin

Format

A data frame with 104 observations and 5 variables.

sugar

Measured blood sugar level

treatment

Blood sugar measurements treatment group; before or after administering insulin

id

Identifier of individual being measured (not in original data set)

experimenter_time

Initial of researchers who performed the experiment and at what date

time

Time of blood sugar measurement; minutes after administration of insulin

Source

Banting, F. G., Best, C. H., Collip, J. B., Macleod, J. J., & Noble, E. C. (1922). The effect of pancreatic extract (insulin) on normal rabbits. American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content, 62(1), 162-176.

See Also

insulin.wide, petunia, damselfly