R/essential8-package.R

In essential8: Reproducible Cardiovascular Health Metric Scoring

#' essential8: Reproducible cardiovascular health metric scoring
#'
#' `essential8` is a transparent, versioned, and auditable implementation of
#' published adult cardiovascular health metric definitions. Adult scoring,
#' including transparent handling of unavailable components, is based on the
#' American Heart Association's 2022 Life's Essential 8 definition and is
#' available through [score_le8()].
#'
#' @section Scientific status:
#' The adult scoring rules in version 0.2.0 are implemented from the cited AHA
#' publications and covered by boundary and input-validation tests. Users remain
#' responsible for verifying measurement protocols, population-specific diet
#' percentiles, and caller-adjudicated clinical-judgment flags. The package is
#' research software and is not intended for clinical decision support.
#'
#' @keywords internal
"_PACKAGE"