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Description

Provides functions to calculate z-scores and centile values for measurements of height, weight, and BMI based on both widely used growth standards and references (CDC, WHO) and references from other populations, including the Tsimane and Shuar indigenous groups of Bolivia and Ecuador.

Documentation

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localgrowth functions

The primary function for localgrowth is growthRef, which provides an interface for calcualting z-scores or centiles from one or more growth references. Other functions include centilesLMS which generates centile tables for reference or plotting, and ZfromLMS which does simple calculations from LMS values. Other variants of these functions are documented on their respective help pages.

References

Tsimane: Blackwell, AD, Urlacher, SS, Beheim, B, von Rueden, C, Jaeggi, A, Stieglitz, J, Tumble, BC, Gurven, MD, Kaplan, H. (2017) Growth references for Tsimane forager-horticulturalists of the Bolivian Amazon, American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 162(3) 441-461. DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23128.

Shuar: Urlacher, SS, Blackwell, AD, Liebert, MA, Madimenos, FC, Cepon-Robins, TJ, Gildner, TE, Snodgrass, JJ, Sugiyama, LS. (2016) Physical Growth of the Shuar: Height, Weight, and BMI Growth References for an Indigenous Amazonian Population, American Journal of Human Biology, 28(1): 16-30. DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22747.

CDC: Kuczmarski, R. J., Ogden, C. L., Guo, S. S., Grummer-Strawn, L. M., Flegal, K. M., Mei, Z., Wei, R., Curtin, L. R., Roche, A. F., Johnson, C. L. (2002). 2000 CDC Growth Charts for the United States: Methods and development. Vital Health Statistics 11,1-190.

https://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/data_tables.htm

WHO: World Health Organization. (2006). New child growth standards: Length/ height-for-age, weight-for-age, weight-for-length, weight-for-height and body mass index-for-age: Methods and development. Geneva: World Health Organization

de Onis, M., Onyango, A., Borghi, E., Siyam, A., Nishida, C., & Siekman, J. (2007). Development of a WHO growth reference for school-aged children and adolescents. Bulletin of World Health Organization, 85, 660-667.

http://www.who.int/childgrowth/en/. http://www.who.int/growthref/en/.

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