malaria {ISwR}R Documentation

Malaria antibody data

Description

The malaria data frame has 100 rows and 4 columns.

Usage

data(malaria)

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

subject
subject code.
age
age in years.
ab
antibody level.
mal
a numeric vector code: Malaria, 0/1 is no/yes, respectively.

Details

A random sample of 100 children from a village in Ghana, aged 3–15 years. The children were followed for a period of 8 months. At the beginning of the study, values of a particular antibody were assessed. Based on observations during the study period, the children were categorized into two groups: individuals with and without symptoms of malaria.

Source

Unpublished data.

Examples

data(malaria)
summary(malaria)

[Package ISwR version 1.0-5 Index]