National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Results of the Survey as of 2018.

Format

A data frame with 9842 observations on the following 18 variables.

id: An ID number for the subject
gender: "male" or "female"
age: age of subject in years
arthritis: Was the subject ever told he/she had arthritis? (yes, no)
edu: level of education attained
married: marital status
income: income level
cholesterol: blood cholesterol (mmol/L)
glucose: glucose, refridgerated serum (mmol/L)
iron: iron (umol/L)
sodium: sodium (mmol/L)
weight: weight (kg)
systolic: systolic blood pressure, mm/Hg
diastolic: diastolic blood pressure, mm/Hg
asthma: Does the subject have asthma? (yes, no)
heartattack: Was the subject ever told he/she had a heart attack? (yes, no)
liver: Was the subject ever told he/she had a liver condition? (yes, no)
cancer: Was the subject ever told he/she had a cancer or malignancy? (yes, no)

NHANES, the National Health and Nutrition Survey. See http://wwwn.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes/search/nhanes03_04.aspx# for more infromation.