data_body {gmgm}

NHANES body composition dataset

Description

This dataset includes body composition data measured in 2148 adults aged 20 to 59 years in the United States. These data are taken from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2017-2018: https://wwwn.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes/continuousnhanes/default.aspx?BeginYear=2017 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020).

Usage

data_body

Format

A data frame (tibble) with 2148 rows and 8 columns:

• ID: respondent identifier;

• GENDER: gender (0: male, 1: female);

• AGE: age (years);

• HEIGHT: height (cm);

• WEIGHT: weight (kg);

• FAT: body fat (%);

• WAIST: waist circumference (cm);

• GLYCO: glycohemoglobin (%).

References

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2020). National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Data.

See Also

data_air, gmbn_body, gmdbn_air, gmm_body