.Get_reference_value {bodycompref}

Get reference for a given combination of model and percentile/z-score

Description

For a given constellation of metric, sex, vertebral level, and age returns the corresponding measurement for a given percentile/z-score

Usage

.Get_reference_value(
  metric,
  sex,
  level,
  age,
  percentile = NULL,
  z_score = NULL,
  verbose = FALSE,
  digits = 0
)

Arguments

metric

character, body composition metric

sex

character, "Female" or "Male"

level

character, used vertebral level

age

integer, age

percentile

numeric, percentile to return value for. If both percentile and z_score are given, only percentile is evaluated

z_score

numeric, z score to return value for. If both percentile and z_score are given, only percentile is evaluated

verbose

logical, should messages be discplayed

digits

integer, digits to round reference value

Value

numeric, corresponding percentile

Author(s)

J. Peter Marquardt