calcFatFreeMass: calcFatFreeMass

Description Usage Arguments

Description

Calculates fat free mass for each row in a data frame and returns a vector of the same length as the number of rowss in that data frame.

Usage

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calcFatFreeMass(df, idVar = "ID", ageVar = "AGE", weightVar = "WT",
  heightVar = "HT", sexVar = "SEX", ageUnit = "years",
  heightConv = 0.01, weightConv = 1, femaleSexVal = 2, maleSexVal = 1,
  childCutoff = 18, missingVal = -99)

Arguments

df

A data frame with all necessary columns for calculation of fat free mass.

idVar

Name of the id column in df. Default is "ID" but it is not case sensitive.

ageVar

Name of the age column in df. Default is "AGE" but it is not case sensitive.

weightVar

Name of the weight column in df. Default is "WT" but it is not case sensitive.

heightVar

Name of the height column in df. Default is "HT" but it is not case sensitive.

sexVar

Name of the sex column in df. Default is "SEX" but it is not case sensitive.

ageUnit

A single string describing the unit for age in the data. "years", "months", or "days" are allowed. Defult is "years"

heightConv

Height conversion factor to meters. Height*heightConv is height in meters. Default is 0.01, meaning that centimeters is expected in data.

weightConv

Weight conversion factor to kilograms. Default is 1, meaning that kilograms is expected in data. There is currently no support for stones or pounds.

femaleSexVal

The value denoting female sex in the supplied df. Default is 2.

maleSexVal

The value denoting male sex in the supplied df. Default is 1.

childCutoff

The age, in years, at which a person is considered to be an adult. Default is 18.

missingVal

The value that will be inserted in place of Z-scores that cannot be determined. Either because age is out of bounds of the reference WHO data, or because one of the required values for age, weight, or height was missing from input data. Default is -99 according to Perl speaks NONMEM standard.


UppsalaHenrik/pediutils documentation built on May 9, 2019, 9:40 p.m.