GestAgeWtPercentile: Percentile Weights for Gestational Age.

Description Usage Format Source

Description

A reference table for evaluating birth weights for gestational age.

Usage

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Format

A data frame with 198 rows and 5 variables:

ga

Gestational age in weeks

percentile

A numeric value for the percentile, mainly used for sorting

percentile_code

A character value appropriate for use in plyr::dcast

percentile_desc

A character description of the percentile appropriate for printing

weight

The weight marking the designated percentile at that gestational age

Source

Data are extracted from the World Health Organization (WHO) website (see link below). The link to download the MS Excel sheet is under the "Methodological aspects and other analysis" and titled "Weight percentiles calculator."

http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/maternal_perinatal/globalsurvey/en/


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