grp_acr: Creates Albuminuria groups from numeric ACR values. The new...

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Usage

grp_acr(x, style = "name")

Arguments

x	Numeric vector of ACR values [expecting mg/mmol units].
style	Select the presentation of the category labels. 'name' [default] are the standard albuminuria labels: "A1", "A2", "A3". 'num' gives the numeric ranges, as character labels: "<3.0", "3.0-30.0", ">30.0". 'alb' gives descriptive labels to interpret these results: 'Normal albuminuria', 'Microalbuminuria', 'Macroalbuminuria'.

Author(s)

Julian Collins

References

https://renal.org/information-resources/the-uk-eckd-guide/proteinuria/

Examples

# numeric ACR values; unrealistic range, but functional
data <- sample(0.1:50, 50)

# create new ordered factor column giving corresponding obesity group values
acr_groups <- grp_acr(data)

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