The Low-Birth Weight Problem
Low birth weight of new-born infants is a serious concern. If the weight of the new-born is less than 2500 grams, we consider that instance as a low-birth weight case. A study was carried out at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts.
data(lowbwt)
A data frame with 189 observations on the following 10 variables.
LOWLow Birth Weight
AGEAge of Mother
LWTWeight of Mother at Last Menstrual Period
RACERace 1 2 3
SMOKESmoking Status During Pregnancy
PTLHistory of Premature Labor
HTHistory of Hypertension
UIPresence of Uterine Irritability
FTVNumber of Physician Visits During the First Trimester
BWTBirth Weight
Hosmer, D.W., and Lemeshow, S. (1989-2000). Applied Logistic Regression, 2e. J. Wiley.
data(lowbwt) lowglm <- glm(LOW~AGE+LWT+RACE+FTV,data=lowbwt,family='binomial') lowglm$coefficients
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