FEV Data Set

This data set is part of a large survey on pulmonary function in children and adolescents as reported by Rosner (1995, p. 40) and Tager et al. (1985). 

Size:      654 records of 19 bytes each. 

Variables: 

Name       Type    Len Description 
---------- ------- --- ------------ 
ID         Real      5 Identification number (1, 2, . . . , 654)
AGE        Integer   2 in years (min = 3, max = 19) 
FEV        Real      6 Forced expiratory volume (l/sec) (min = 0.791, max = 5.793)
HEIGHT     Real      4 in inches (min = 46, max = 74)
SEX        Integer   1 1 = male, 0 = female 
SMOKE      Integer   1 1 = current smoker, 0 = non-smoker 
  
References

Rosner, B. (1995). Fundamentals of Biostatistics (4th ed.). Belmont, CA: Duxbury Press. 

Tager, I. B., Weiss, S. T., Rosner, B., & Speizer, F. E. (1985.) Effect of parental cigarette smoking on pulmonary function in children.  American Journal of Epidemiology; 122, 51-65. 