glucose {tlm}

Glucose and Triglycerides Levels in Blood

Description

Simulated data for glucose and triglycerides levels in blood in 400 adults.

Usage

data(glucose)

Format

A data frame with 400 observations on the following 4 variables.

trigly

numeric triglycerides levels in blood (mg/dl).

gluco

numeric glucose levels in blood (mg/dl).

inv12tri

numeric reciprocal of the square root of trigly (i.e., -1/2 power transformation).

inv2glu

numeric reciprocal of the gluco square (i.e., -2 power transformation).

Details

Data were simulated to emulate true data pattern observed in a real study (see ‘References’).

Source

See ‘References’.

References

Rivera M et al. Association between long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution and subclinical atherosclerosis: the REGICOR Study. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2013;121(2):223-230.

Examples

data(glucose)
par(las = 1, mfrow = c(1, 2))
with(glucose, plot(trigly, gluco))
with(glucose, plot(inv12tri, inv2glu))