anthro4 {zscorer}

A subset of mid-upper arm circumference data from study conducted to create MUAC-for-age z-scores

Description

A subset of mid-upper arm circumference data from study conducted to create MUAC-for-age z-scores

Usage

anthro4

Format

A data.frame with 257 observations and 4 variables

pk_serial

Unique identifier

muac

Mid-upper arm circumference in centimetres

agemons

Age in months

sex

Sex; 1 = Male; 2 = Female

Source

Mramba Lazarus, Ngari Moses, Mwangome Martha, Muchai Lilian, Bauni Evasius, Walker A Sarah et al. A growth reference for mid upper arm circumference for age among school age children and adolescents, and validation for mortality: growth curve construction and longitudinal cohort study BMJ 2017; 358 :j3423 https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j3423