pct_for_age_generic: Percentile height or weight for age for children

In InsightRX/clinPK: Clinical Pharmacokinetics Toolkit

Percentile height or weight for age for children

Description

This is the underlying function, the exposed functions are pct_weight_for_age() and pct_height_for_age() Based on tables from WHO: http://www.who.int/childgrowth/standards/height_for_age/en/

Usage

pct_for_age_generic(
  age = NULL,
  value = NULL,
  sex = NULL,
  variable = "weight",
  ...
)

Arguments

age	age in years
value	height in kg. Optional, if specified, will calculate closest percentile and return in list as 'percentile'
sex	either 'male' or 'female'
variable	weight or height?
...	parameters passed to 'read_who_table()'

InsightRX/clinPK documentation built on April 24, 2024, 6:01 p.m.