ibw: Ideal body weight

Description Usage Arguments Value Examples

View source: R/egfr.R

Description

A vectorised function to calculate adult ideal body weight based on height and sex. This function assumes ideal BMI of 21.5 for females and 23 for males.

Usage

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ibw(height, sex)

Arguments

height

numeric vector of heights in cm

sex

character vector of sex ("F" for female or "M" for male)

Value

numeric vector of ideal body weights in kg

Examples

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ibw(height = 183, sex = "M")

Example output

[1] 77.0247

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