WCGS data
Description
Dataset used in Chapter 2 of Regression Methods in Biostatistics (2nd edition), as distributed on the UCSF companion website. Study design: Prospective epidemiologic cohort of middle-aged men studying Type A behavior and CHD risk. Primary article: Rosenman and colleagues (1964), JAMA.
Usage
wcgs
Format
A data frame with 3154 rows and 22 variables:
- age
- Age or age category at baseline (as coded in source data).
- arcus
- Arcus Senilis
- behpat
- Behavioral Pattern
- bmi
- Body Mass Index (kg/m2)
- chd69
- CHD Event by 1969
- chol
- Total Cholesterol
- dbp
- Diastolic Blood Pressure
- dibpat
- Behavioral Pattern
- height
- Height (inches)
- id
- Participant identifier.
- lnsbp
- Ln of Systolic Blood Pressure
- lnwght
- Ln of Weight
- ncigs
- Cigarettes per day
- sbp
- Systolic Blood Pressure
- smoke
- Current smoking
- t1
- Follow-up time to CHD event or censoring.
- time169
- Alternative follow-up time scale used in chapter examples.
- typchd69
- Type of CHD Event
- uni
- Indicator for university education.
- weight
- Weight (lbs)
- wghtcat
- Weight Category
- agec
- RECODE of age (Age)