plasma {durham}R Documentation

Cholesterol levels

Description

A group of 24 patients with hyperlipoproteinaemia, a metabolic disorder characterised by high levels of lipoproteins in the blood that can be associated with coronary heart disease are observed to have the following plasma levels.

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

age

age of patient in years

cholesterol

plasma level in total cholesterol (mg/ml)

Source

W. K. Krzanowski (1998). An Introduction to Statistical Modelling, p51. London: Arnold.

Examples

data(plasma)

[Package durham version 1.4 Index]