HERS data
Description
Dataset used in Chapter 3 of Regression Methods in Biostatistics (2nd edition), as distributed on the UCSF companion website. Study design: Randomized placebo-controlled trial in postmenopausal women with CHD evaluating hormone therapy. Primary article: Hulley and colleagues (1998), JAMA.
Usage
hers
Format
A data frame with 2763 rows and 37 variables:
- HT
- random assignment to hormone therapy
- age
- age in years
- raceth
- race/ethnicity
- nonwhite
- nonwhite race/ethnicity
- smoking
- current smoker
- drinkany
- any current alcohol consumption
- exercise
- exercise at least 3 times per week
- physact
- comparative physical activity
- globrat
- self-reported health
- poorfair
- poor/fair self-reported health
- medcond
- other serious conditions by self-report
- htnmeds
- anti-hypertensive use
- statins
- Indicator for statin medication use.
- diabetes
- Indicator for diabetes diagnosis.
- dmpills
- oral DM medication by self-report
- insulin
- insulin use by self-report
- weight
- Body weight (kg).
- BMI
- BMI (kg/m^2)
- waist
- Waist circumference (cm).
- WHR
- waist/hip ratio
- glucose
- fasting glucose (mg/dl)
- weight1
- year 1 weight (kg)
- BMI1
- year 1 BMI (kg/m^2)
- waist1
- year 1 waist (cm)
- WHR1
- year 1 waist/hip ratio
- glucose1
- year 1 fasting glucose (mg/dl)
- tchol
- total cholesterol (mg/dl)
- LDL
- LDL cholesterol (mg/dl)
- HDL
- HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)
- TG
- triglycerides (mg/dl)
- tchol1
- year 1 total cholesterol (mg/dl)
- LDL1
- year 1 LDL cholesterol (mg/dl)
- HDL1
- year 1 HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)
- TG1
- year 1 triglycerides (mg/dl)
- SBP
- systolic blood pressure
- DBP
- diastolic blood pressure
- age10
- age (per 10 years)