Description These data are courtesy of Dr John Schorling, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine. The data consist of 19 variables on 403 subjects from 1046 subjects who were interviewed in a study to understand the prevalence of obesity, diabetes, and other cardiovascular risk factors in central Virginia for African Americans. According to Dr John Hong, Diabetes Mellitus Type II (adult onset diabetes) is associated most strongly with obesity. The waist/hip ratio may be a predictor in diabetes and heart disease. DM II is also agssociated with hypertension - they may both be part of "Syndrome X". The 403 subjects were the ones who were actually screened for diabetes. Glycosolated hemoglobin > 7.0 is usually taken as a positive diagnosis of diabetes. Data dictionary Variable Explanation (Unit) id subject id chol stab.glu hdl ratio glyhb location age Total Cholesterol Stabilized Glucose High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol/HDL Ratio Glycosolated Hemoglobin a factor with levels (Buckingham, Louisa) age (years) gender male or female height height (inches) weight weight (pounds) frame bp. 1s bp.ld bp.2s a factor with levels (small,medium, large) First Systolic Blood Pressure First Diastolic Blood Pressure Second Diastolic Blood Pressure bp.2d Second Diastolic Blood Pressure waist waist in inches hip hip in inches time.ppn Postprandial Time when Labs were Drawn in minutes