R 2.8.0
windows XP

I would like to divide the rows of data frame into five groups and then get the 
mean of one column within the five groups. I have accomplished this using the 
code below, but I hope there is an easier way, i.e. some function that I can 
call

# create five groups.
cut(data$BMI,5)
# get mean of AAMTCARE within each of the five groups
mean(data[data[,"BMIcuts"]=="(13.3,21.9]","AAMTCARE"])
mean(data[data[,"BMIcuts"]=="(21.9,30.5]","AAMTCARE"])
mean(data[data[,"BMIcuts"]=="(30.5,39.1]","AAMTCARE"])
mean(data[data[,"BMIcuts"]=="(39.1,47.7]","AAMTCARE"])
mean(data[data[,"BMIcuts"]=="(47.7,56.3]","AAMTCARE"]) 

As always
Thank you,
John



John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D.
Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics
University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of Gerontology
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