🩺 Blood pressure before and after a lifestyle programme
A community clinic (fictional) measured systolic blood pressure of 40 adults with hypertension before and after an 8-week diet-and-walking programme. 40 cases, 5 variables. Field: health · level: beginner.
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What does each variable mean? (codebook)
| Variable | Label | Measure | Value labels | Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
id | Patient ID | scale | 1–40, mean 20.50 | |
sex | Sex | nominal | 1 = Male, 2 = Female | 2 categories |
age | Age (years) | scale | 43–72, mean 57.88 | |
sbp_before | Systolic BP before (mmHg) | scale | 122–180, mean 148.28 | |
sbp_after | Systolic BP after (mmHg) | scale | 107–170, mean 139.03 |
Which analyses suit this dataset?
- Paired t test · Wilcoxon — see the case study
- Full case study
Licence
Synthetic data produced by a seeded random process for teaching (no real people or organisations). Released under CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication) by Jupiter2u — free to use, share and adapt.