diabetes {faraway}R Documentation

Diabetes and obesity, cardiovascular risk factors

Description

403 African Americans were interviewed in a study to understand the prevalence of obesity, diabetes, and other cardiovascular risk factors in central Virginia.

Usage

data(diabetes)

Format

A data frame with 403 observations on the following 19 variables.

id
Subject ID
chol
Total Cholesterol
stab.glu
Stabilized Glucose
hdl
High Density Lipoprotein
ratio
Cholesterol/HDL Ratio
glyhb
Glycosolated Hemoglobin
location
County - a factor with levels Buckingham Louisa
age
age in years
gender
a factor with levels male female
height
height in inches
weight
weight in pounds
frame
a factor with levels small medium large
bp.1s
First Systolic Blood Pressure
bp.1d
First Diastolic Blood Pressure
bp.2s
Second Systolic Blood Pressure
bp.2d
Second Diastolic Blood Pressure
waist
waist in inches
hip
hip in inches
time.ppn
Postprandial Time (in minutes) when Labs were Drawn

Details

Glycosolated hemoglobin greater than 7.0 is usually taken as a positive diagnosis of diabetes

Source

Willems JP, Saunders JT, DE Hunt, JB Schorling: Prevalence of coronary heart disease risk factors among rural blacks: A community-based study. Southern Medical Journal 90:814-820; 1997

References

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


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