% DASL file http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/DASL/Datafiles/Calcium.html % % Calcium and Blood Pressure % % Reference: Moore, David S., and George P. McCabe (1989). Introduction to the Practice of Statistics. Original source: Lyle, Roseann M., et al., "Blood pressure and metabolic effects of calcium supplementation in normotensive white and black men," JAMA, 257(1987), pp. 1772-1776, % Authorization: contact authors % Description: Results of a randomized comparative experiment to investigate the effect of calcium on blood pressure in African-American men. A treatment group of 10 men received a calcium supplement for 12 weeks, and a control group of 11 men received a placebo during the same period. All subjects had their blood pressure tested before and after the 12-week period. % Number of cases: 21 % Variable Names: % % Treatment: Whether subject received calcium or placebo % Begin: seated systolic blood pressure before treatment % End: seated systolic blood pressure after treatement % Decrease: Decrease in blood pressure (Begin - End) % @RELATION relation @ATTRIBUTE 'Treatment' {"Calcium","Placebo"} @ATTRIBUTE 'Begin' numeric @ATTRIBUTE 'End' numeric @ATTRIBUTE 'Decrease' numeric @DATA 'Calcium',107,100,7 'Calcium',110,114,'-4' 'Calcium',123,105,18 'Calcium',129,112,17 'Calcium',112,115,'-3' 'Calcium',111,116,'-5' 'Calcium',107,106,1 'Calcium',112,102,10 'Calcium',136,125,11 'Calcium',102,104,'-2' 'Placebo',123,124,'-1' 'Placebo',109,97,12 'Placebo',112,113,'-1' 'Placebo',102,105,'-3' 'Placebo',98,95,3 'Placebo',114,119,'-5' 'Placebo',119,114,5 'Placebo',112,114,2 'Placebo',110,121,'-11' 'Placebo',117,118,'-1' 'Placebo',130,133,'-3'