malaria function

Malaria antibody data

The malaria data frame has 100 rows and 4 columns.

malaria

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

• subject: subject code.
• age: age in years.
• ab: antibody level.
• mal: a numeric vector code, Malaria: 0: no, 1: yes.

Details

A random sample of 100 children aged 3--15 years from a village in Ghana. The children were followed for a period of 8 months. At the beginning of the study, values of a particular antibody were assessed. Based on observations during the study period, the children were categorized into two groups: individuals with and without symptoms of malaria.

Source

Unpublished data.

Examples

summary(malaria)