| SAheart {msos} | R Documentation |
South African Hearth Disease Data
Description
A retrospective sample of males in a heart-disease high-risk region of the Western Cape, South Africa.
Usage
SAheart
Format
A data frame with 462 observations on the following 10 variables.
- sbp
systolic blood pressure
- tobacco
cumulative tobacco (kg)
- ldl
low density lipoprotein cholesterol
- adiposity
a numeric vector
- famhist
family history of heart disease, a factor with levels
"Absent"and"Present"- typea
type-A behavior
- obesity
a numeric vector
- alcohol
current alcohol consumption
- age
age at onset
- chd
response, coronary heart disease
Details
A retrospective sample of males in a heart-disease high-risk region of the Western Cape, South Africa. There are roughly two controls per case of CHD. Many of the CHD positive men have undergone blood pressure reduction treatment and other programs to reduce their risk factors after their CHD event. In some cases the measurements were made after these treatments. These data are taken from a larger dataset, described in Rousseauw et al, 1983, South African Medical Journal.
Source
Rousseauw, J., du Plessis, J., Benade, A., Jordaan, P., Kotze, J. and Ferreira, J. (1983). Coronary risk factor screening in three rural communities, South African Medical Journal 64: 430–436.
ElemStatLearn, R-Package