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This dataset, mriCardioVars_tbl_df, is a tibble containing MRI and clinical data from 735 elderly participants in a U.S. observational study of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease incidence. It includes 30 variables covering demographic, clinical, and imaging measures.

Usage

data(mriCardioVars_tbl_df)

Format

A tibble with 735 observations and 30 variables:

ptid

Patient identification number (numeric)

mridate

MRI date (Date)

age

Age in years (numeric)

sex

Sex (character)

race

Race (character)

weight

Weight in kg (numeric)

height

Height in cm (numeric)

packyrs

Smoking pack-years (numeric)

yrsquit

Years since quitting smoking (numeric)

alcoh

Alcohol consumption (numeric)

physact

Physical activity level (numeric)

chf

Congestive heart failure status (numeric)

chd

Coronary heart disease status (numeric)

stroke

Stroke history (numeric)

diabetes

Diabetes status (numeric)

genhlth

General health status (numeric)

ldl

LDL cholesterol in mg/dL (numeric)

alb

Albumin level (numeric)

crt

Creatinine level (numeric)

plt

Platelet count (numeric)

sbp

Systolic blood pressure in mmHg (numeric)

aai

Ankle-arm index (numeric)

fev

Forced expiratory volume (numeric)

dsst

Digit Symbol Substitution Test score (numeric)

atrophy

Brain atrophy measure (numeric)

whgrd

White matter hyperintensity grade (numeric)

numinf

Number of brain infarcts (numeric)

volinf

Volume of brain infarcts (numeric)

obstime

Observation time (numeric)

death

Mortality status (numeric)

Source

Data taken from the rigr package version 1.0.7

Details

The dataset name has been kept as 'mriCardioVars_tbl_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the CardioDataSets package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'tbl_df' indicates that the dataset is a tibble. The original content has not been modified in any way.