correct_ferritin: Correct serum ferritin values

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Correct serum ferritin values

Description

Based on inflammation status, correct serum ferritin values as described in Namaste, S. M., Rohner, F., Huang, J., Bhushan, N. L., Flores-Ayala, R., Kupka, R., Mei, Z., Rawat, R., Williams, A. M., Raiten, D. J., Northrop-Clewes, C. A., & Suchdev, P. S. (2017). Adjusting ferritin concentrations for inflammation: Biomarkers Reflecting Inflammation and Nutritional Determinants of Anemia (BRINDA) project. The American journal of clinical nutrition, 106(Suppl 1), 359S–371S. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.116.141762

Usage

correct_ferritin(crp = NULL, agp = NULL, ferritin = NULL)

Arguments

crp	A numeric value or numeric vector for serum c-reactive protein in micrograms per litre (microgram/l).
agp	A numeric value or numeric vector for serum alpha(1)-acid-glycoprotein in micrograms per litre (microgram/l).
ferritin	A numeric value or numeric vector for serum ferritin in micrograms per litre (microgram/l).

Value

A numeric value or numeric vector for corrected serum ferritin in micrograms per litre (microgram/l).

Author(s)

Nicholus Tint Zaw and Ernest Guevarra

Examples

correct_ferritin(
  crp = mnData$crp, ferritin = mnData$ferritin
)

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