SAHeart data

This is the South African heart disease data originally published in Elements of Statistical Learning, see https://rdrr.io/cran/ElemStatLearn/man/SAheart.html

Usage

SAHeart

Format

SAHeart

sbp

Systolic blood pressure

tobacco

cumulative tobacco (kg)

ldl

low density lipoprotein cholesterol

adiposity

a numeric vector

famhist

family history of heart disease, a factor with levels Absent Present

typea

type-A behavior

obesity

a numeric vector

alcohol

current alcohol consumption

age

age at onset

chd

response, coronary heart disease

Source

Rousseauw, J., du Plessis, J., Benade, A., Jordaan, P., Kotze, J. and Ferreira, J. (1983). Coronary risk factor screening in three rural communities, South African Medical Journal 64: 430–436.