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Keywords:
coffee, smoking, heart disease
Categories:
generalized linear models; health
Description:
The data contains a cross-classification of coronary heart disease (CHD), by coffee drinking and smoking habits in a case-control study of 66 CHD cases and 85 unmatched controls.
Variables:
Count The counts in each category
CHD If the subject had coronary heart diease: 1 means yes and 0 means no
Coffee The type of coffee use: 1 means a heavy coffee drinker and 0 is other
Smoking The level of smoking: 1 means 1 pack per day or more and 0 means under 1 pack per day
Data Quality:
There are no missing values.
Source:
Hand et al, dataset 503 (b).
Notes:
References:
Paul, O., MacMillan, A., McKean, H. and Park, H. (1988). Sucrose intake and coronary heart disease. Lancet, ii, 1049--1051.