BMI {SRMData} | R Documentation |
BMI of Irish patients
Description
The BMI and other health data number of Irish patients.
Usage
data(BMI)
Format
A data frame with 70 rows and 11 columns:
- sex
Sex of the person; one of
female
ormale
- age
Age of person, in completed years
- edu
Level of education; one of
primary
,secondary
,postLeaving
,complete3rd
- m_card
whether the person has a medical card; one of
yes
orno
- smoke
smoking status; one of
daily
,occasionally
ornot at all
- drink
whether the person drinks alcohol weekly; one of
yes
orno
- exercise
The number of days per week the person walks or exercise for 30 minutes or more
- diet
whether the person thinks they have a healthy diet; one of
yes
,no
ordont know
- ob_weight_kg
the observed (measured) weight, in kg
- ob_height_m
the observed (measured) height in metres
- sr_weight_kg
the weight reported by the person, in kg
- sr_height_m
the height reported by the person, in metres
- bmi_perception
the person perception of the BMI; one of
normalweight
,overweight
orobese
Details
The data come from a survey.
Source
Johnson, E., Millar, S. R., & Shiely, F. (2021). The association between BMI self-selection, self-reported BMI and objectively measured BMI. HRB Open Research, 4(37), 37.