Weight for Stature - Pediatric Growth Standard — weight_for

Weight for stature quantile, distribution, and zscore function based on LMS data from the CDC and WHO.

Usage

p_weight_for_height(
  q,
  male,
  height,
  source = getOption("pedbp_pgs_source", "CDC"),
  ...
)

q_weight_for_height(
  p,
  male,
  height,
  source = getOption("pedbp_pgs_source", "CDC"),
  ...
)

z_weight_for_height(
  q,
  male,
  height,
  source = getOption("pedbp_pgs_source", "CDC"),
  ...
)

p_weight_for_length(
  q,
  male,
  length,
  source = getOption("pedbp_pgs_source", "CDC"),
  ...
)

q_weight_for_length(
  p,
  male,
  length,
  source = getOption("pedbp_pgs_source", "CDC"),
  ...
)

z_weight_for_length(
  q,
  male,
  length,
  source = getOption("pedbp_pgs_source", "CDC"),
  ...
)

Arguments

q: a vector of quantiles
male: integer value, 1 = male, 0 = female
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
p: a vector of probabilities
length, height: in centimeters

Value

p_ method return values from the estimated distribution function.

q_ methods return values from the estimated quantile function.

z_ methods return standard scores.

Details

Length or height values are used. Length is assess when the patient is lying down versus height when the patient is standing. There is an implication of younger patients being in the _for_length set. There is some overlap in numeric values of length and height.

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

Examples

# The 60th weight qualtile for a 1.2 meter tall male is
q_weight_for_height(p = 0.60, male = 1, height = 120, source = "CDC")
#> [1] 22.4941
q_weight_for_height(p = 0.60, male = 1, height = 120, source = "WHO")
#> [1] 22.89542

# There are slight differences in the quantiles for length and height
q_weight_for_length(p = 0.60, male = 1, length = 97, source = "CDC")
#> [1] 14.88168
q_weight_for_height(p = 0.60, male = 1, height = 97, source = "CDC")
#> [1] 15.08691

# percentiles and standard scores for a 14 kg, 88 cm tall/long male
p_weight_for_height(q = 14, male = 1, height = 88, source = "CDC")
#> [1] 0.9003879
p_weight_for_height(q = 14, male = 1, height = 88, source = "WHO")
#> [1] 0.9285045
p_weight_for_length(q = 14, male = 1, length = 88, source = "CDC")
#> [1] 0.9277451
p_weight_for_length(q = 14, male = 1, length = 88, source = "WHO")
#> [1] 0.9479553

# correseponding standard scores
z_weight_for_height(q = 14, male = 1, height = 88, source = "CDC")
#> [1] 1.283765
z_weight_for_height(q = 14, male = 1, height = 88, source = "WHO")
#> [1] 1.464743
z_weight_for_length(q = 14, male = 1, length = 88, source = "CDC")
#> [1] 1.459201
z_weight_for_length(q = 14, male = 1, length = 88, source = "WHO")
#> [1] 1.625343

Weight for Stature - Pediatric Growth Standard