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This function takes a dataset and calculates BMI-Z scores.

Usage

add_bmiz(
  data,
  wt = NULL,
  ht = NULL,
  age = NULL,
  bmi = NULL,
  wt_units = "kg",
  ht_units = "cm",
  sex = 2,
  dob = NULL,
  date_assessed = NULL,
  data_source = "cdc"
)

Arguments

data

A data frame containing weight, height, age, and sex information.

wt

A vector representing weight (optional).

ht

A vector representing height (optional).

age

A vector representing age.

bmi

A vector representing BMI (optional).

wt_units

A vector of weight units ('kg' or 'lb').

ht_units

A vector of height units ('cm', 'm', 'in', 'ft').

sex

A vector representing sex (default set to 2 = female).

dob

Date of birth (optional).

date_assessed

Date of assessment (optional).

data_source

Data source ('cdc' or 'wgsr') - Default to 'cdc'.

Value

A data frame with BMI-Z scores added as the 'bmiz' column.