growth-standards {pedbp}

Pediatric Growth Standard Distribution Functions

Description

Growth standards based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization.

Arguments

q

a vector of quantiles

p

a vector of probabilities

male

integer value, 1 = male, 0 = female

age

numeric age, in months

length, height

in centimeters

source

a character string denoting the data source providing the parameters needed for the estimate. Valid values are "CDC" and "WHO". This can be set explicitly, or by using the pedbp_pgs_source option.

...

pass through

Value

p_ method return values from the estimated distribution function.

q_ methods return values from the estimated quantile function.

z_ methods return standard scores.

Notes

CDC Recommends using WHO growth charts for infants and children ages 0 to 2 years of age in the U.S. and CDC growth charts to monitor growth for children age 2 years and older in the U.S.

References

https://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/percentile_data_files.htm, https://www.who.int/tools/child-growth-standards/standards

See Also

• Distribution functions:

  • bmi_for_age

  • head_circumference_for_age

  • height_for_age

  • length_for_age

  • weight_for_age

  • weight_for_length

  • weight_for_height

• Plotting functions:

  • gs_chart

  • gs_cdf

• Vignette:

  • vignette(topic = "growth-standards", package = "pedbp")