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World Health Organization (WHO) Growth Reference (2006) data
Description
World Health Organization (WHO) Growth Reference (2006) data
Usage
wgsData
Format
A data frame with 6 columns and 2338 rows.
indicator
One of weight-for-age (
waz
), height-for-age (haz
), or weight-for-height (whz
) anthropometric indicatorssex
Sex of child (1 = Male; 2 = Female)
given
Variable to which standardisation is to be made. For
waz
andhaz
,given
is age in months. Forwhz
,given
is height in cml
L
component of the LMS method for normalising growth centile standards.L
is the trend in the optimal power to obtain normalitym
M
component of the LMS method for normalising growth centile standards.M
is the trend in the means
S
component of the LMS method for normalising growth centile standards.S
is the trend in the coefficient of variation
Source
World Health Organization. WHO Child Growth Standards: Length/Height-for-age, Weight-for-age, Weight-for-length, Weight-for-height, and Body Mass Index-for age: Methods and Development. 1st ed. World Health Organization; 2006.