quantile_check: Calculate 1st or 3rd quantile for a given biomarker

In lc5415/HDATDS: Useful function for TDS project

Description

Given a column (biomarker), reference look-up table and dataset (biomarker dataset) this function calculates the 1st quartile if the given biomarker is considered bad in shortage or the 3rd quartile if the given biomarker is considered bad in excess

Usage

quantile_check(column, reference, dataset)

Arguments

column	biomarker name ["string"] from biomarker data frame, needs to match one name in the reference look up table
reference	Reference "grading" to be taken from the look-up table (possible values: "Mantej", "Paper", "Barbara")
dataset	Biomarker data frame where quantiles will be calculated, this may be the whole data frame or a subset of it as it is done internally in the BHS calculator when doing stratified BHS calculation

Value

quartile value for given biomarker, reference and dataset as well as type of quartile nuber (1st or 3rd)

lc5415/HDATDS documentation built on April 27, 2020, 6:04 a.m.