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This dataset contains data from the HERS study used for demonstration purposes. Missing data (7-8%) has been omitted.

Usage

hers

Format

A data frame with n rows and p variables:

age

age in years

bmi

BMI (kg/m^2)

dbp

diastolic blood pressure.

diabetes

diabetes

dmpills

oral DM medication by self-report

drinkany

any current alcohol consumption

exercise

exercise at least 3 times per week.

globrat

self-reported health

glucose

fasting glucose (mg/dl)

hdl

HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)

hdl1

year 1 HDL cholesterol (mg/dl).

ht

random assignment to hormone therapy

htnmeds

anti-hypertensive use

insulin

insulin use by self-report

ldl

LDL cholesterol (mg/dl)

medcond

other serious conditions by self-report.

physact

comparative physical activity.

raceth

race/ethnicity.

sbp

systolic blood pressure

smoking

current smoker

statins

statin use

tg

triglycerides (mg/dl)

waist

waist (cm).

weight

weight (kg)

whr

waist/hip ratio.

Source

hers

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References

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Examples

data(hers)
head(hers)
#>   hdl1              ht age           raceth smoking drinkany exercise
#> 1   48         placebo  70 African American      no       no       no
#> 2   48         placebo  62 African American      no       no       no
#> 3   66 hormone therapy  69            White      no       no       no
#> 4   57         placebo  64            White     yes      yes       no
#> 5   35         placebo  65            White      no       no       no
#> 6   53 hormone therapy  68 African American      no      yes       no
#>                physact globrat medcond htnmeds statins diabetes dmpills insulin
#> 1     much more active    good      no     yes     yes       no      no      no
#> 2     much less active    good     yes     yes      no       no      no      no
#> 3      about as active    good      no     yes      no      yes      no      no
#> 4     much less active    good     yes     yes      no       no      no      no
#> 5 somewhat less active    good      no      no      no       no      no      no
#> 6      about as active    good      no      no      no       no      no      no
#>   weight   bmi waist   whr glucose   ldl hdl  tg sbp dbp
#> 1   73.8 23.69  96.0 0.932      84 122.4  52  73 138  78
#> 2   70.9 28.62  93.0 0.964     111 241.6  44 107 118  70
#> 3  102.0 42.51 110.2 0.782     114 166.2  57 154 134  78
#> 4   64.4 24.39  87.0 0.877      94 116.2  56 159 152  72
#> 5   57.9 21.90  77.0 0.794     101 150.6  42 107 175  95
#> 6   60.9 29.05  96.0 1.000     116 137.8  52 111 174  98