| Heart {ncvreg} | R Documentation |
Risk factors associated with heart disease
Description
Data from a subset of the Coronary Risk-Factor Study baseline survey, carried out in rural South Africa.
Usage
Heart
Format
A list of two objects: y and X
- y
Coronary heart disease at baseline; 1=Yes 0=No
- X
A matrix with 462 observations (rows) and 9 predictor variables (columns). The remainder of this list describes the columns of
X- sbp
Systolic blood pressure
- tobacco
Cumulative tobacco consumption, in kg
- ldl
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
- adiposity
Adipose tissue concentration
- famhist
Family history of heart disease (1=Present, 0=Absent)
- typea
Score on test designed to measure type-A behavior
- obesity
Obesity
- alcohol
Current consumption of alcohol
- age
Age of subject
Source
https://web.stanford.edu/~hastie/ElemStatLearn/
References
Hastie T, Tibshirani R, and Friedman J. (2001). The Elements of Statistical Learning. Springer.
Rousseauw J, et al. (1983). Coronary risk factor screening in three rural communities. South African Medical Journal, 64: 430-436.