diabetes {faraway} | R Documentation |
403 African Americans were interviewed in a study to understand the prevalence of obesity, diabetes, and other cardiovascular risk factors in central Virginia.
data(diabetes)
A data frame with 403 observations on the following 19 variables.
id
chol
stab.glu
hdl
ratio
glyhb
location
Buckingham
Louisa
age
gender
male
female
height
weight
frame
small
medium
large
bp.1s
bp.1d
bp.2s
bp.2d
waist
hip
time.ppn
Glycosolated hemoglobin greater than 7.0 is usually taken as a positive diagnosis of diabetes
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Schorling JB, Roach J, Siegel M, Baturka N, Hunt DE, Guterbock TM, Stewart HL: A trial of church-based smoking cessation interventions for rural African Americans. Preventive Medicine 26:92-101; 1997