Median growth values for infants and children

Calculate median weight, height, and BMI for age/height for infants and children using CDC Growth Charts data and equations.

Usage

median_weight_for_age(
  age,
  age_units = c("years", "months", "weeks", "days"),
  sex
)

median_height_for_age(
  age,
  age_units = c("years", "months", "weeks", "days"),
  sex
)

median_bmi_for_age(age, age_units = c("years", "months", "weeks", "days"), sex)

median_weight_for_height(
  height,
  height_units = c("centimetres", "metres", "feet", "inches"),
  sex,
  population = c("infants", "children")
)

Arguments

age

A numeric vector of ages in the unit specified in age_units.

age_units

A character string specifying the units of all age values.

sex

A character vector specifying patient sex. Either "male" or "female".

height

A numeric vector of heights in the unit specified in height_units.

height_units

A character string specifying the units of all height values.

population

A character string specifying the population table to use for median_weight_for_height(). Either "infants" (birth to 36 months) or "children" (2 to 20 years).

Value

A numeric vector of median weight, height, or BMI values for the given ages/heights.

See also

Functions to calculate growth metrics: pct_weight_for_age, pct_height_for_age, pct_bmi_for_age, pct_weight_for_height

CDC Growth Charts data: weight_for_age, height_for_age, bmi_for_age_children, weight_for_height_infants, weight_for_height_children

Examples

median_weight_for_age(3.5, "months", sex = "male")
#> [1] 6.391392