Risk factors associated with heart disease

Description

Data from a subset of the Coronary Risk-Factor Study baseline survey, carried out in rural South Africa. The variables are as follows:

• sbp: Systolic blood pressure

• tobacco: Cumulative tobacco consumption, in kg

• ldl: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol

• adiposity: Adipose tissue concentration

• famhist: Family history of heart disease (1=Present, 0=Absent)

• typea: Score on test designed to measure type-A behavior

• obesity: Obesity

• alcohol: Current consumption of alcohol

• age: Age of subject

• chd: Coronary heart disease at baseline; 1=Yes 0=No

Usage

data(heart)

Format

A data frame with 462 observations on 10 variables

Source

http://statweb.stanford.edu/~tibs/ElemStatLearn/

References

• Hastie T, Tibshirani R, and Friedman J. (2001). The Elements of Statistical Learning. Springer.

• Rousseauw J, et al. (1983). Coronary risk factor screening in three rural communities. South African Medical Journal, 64, 430-436.

Results