cystfibr {ISwR}

Cystic fibrosis lung function data

Description

The cystfibr data frame has 25 rows and 10 columns. It contains lung function data for cystic fibrosis patients (7–23 years old).

Usage

cystfibr

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

age

a numeric vector, age in years.

sex

a numeric vector code, 0: male, 1:female.

height

a numeric vector, height (cm).

weight

a numeric vector, weight (kg).

bmp

a numeric vector, body mass (% of normal).

fev1

a numeric vector, forced expiratory volume.

rv

a numeric vector, residual volume.

frc

a numeric vector, functional residual capacity.

tlc

a numeric vector, total lung capacity.

pemax

a numeric vector, maximum expiratory pressure.

Source

D.G. Altman (1991), Practical Statistics for Medical Research, Table 12.11, Chapman & Hall.

References

O'Neill et al. (1983), The effects of chronic hyperinflation, nutritional status, and posture on respiratory muscle strength in cystic fibrosis, Am. Rev. Respir. Dis., 128:1051–1054.