evans {multibias}

Evans County dataset

Description

Data from a cohort study in which white males in Evans County were followed for 7 years, with coronary heart disease as the outcome of interest.

Usage

evans

Format

A dataframe with 609 rows and 9 columns:

ID

subject identifiction

CHD

outcome variable; 1 = coronary heart disease

AGE

age (in years)

CHL

cholesterol, mg/dl

SMK

1 = subject has ever smoked

ECG

1 = presence of electrocardiogram abnormality

DBP

diastolic blood pressure, mmHg

SBP

systolic blood pressure, mmHg

HPT

1 = SBP greater than or equal to 160 or DBP greater than or equal to 95

Source

<http://web1.sph.emory.edu/dkleinb/logreg3.htm#data>