Compare Lifestyle Interventions

Compare the impact of multiple lifestyle changes in microlives. Uses the chronic risks dataset to calculate daily, annual, and lifetime effects of interventions.

Usage

compare_interventions(interventions)

Arguments

interventions

Named list of interventions. Each element should have:

factor

Name of the chronic risk factor (must match chronic_risks())

change

Numeric change multiplier (e.g., -1 to remove the factor)

Value

A tibble comparing effects of each intervention:

intervention

Name of the intervention

factor

Original factor name

original_ml_per_day

Original microlives per day

change

Change multiplier applied

net_ml_per_day

Net microlives gained/lost per day

annual_days

Days of life gained/lost per year

lifetime_years

Years of life gained/lost over 57 years

See also

lifestyle_tradeoff(), daily_hazard_rate(), annual_risk_budget()

Other analysis: annual_risk_budget(), daily_hazard_rate(), lifestyle_tradeoff()

Examples

# Compare quitting smoking vs losing weight
compare_interventions(list(
  "Quit 10 cigarettes/day" = list(factor = "Smoking 10 cigarettes", change = -1),
  "Lose 5kg" = list(factor = "Being 5 kg overweight", change = -1)
))
#> # A tibble: 2 × 7
#>   intervention      factor original_ml_per_day change net_ml_per_day annual_days
#>   <chr>             <chr>                <dbl>  <dbl>          <dbl>       <dbl>
#> 1 Quit 10 cigarett… Smoki…                  -5     -1             -5       -38  
#> 2 Lose 5kg          Being…                  -1     -1             -1        -7.6
#> # ℹ 1 more variable: lifetime_years <dbl>