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

Usage

bmiz_zscorer(
  data,
  wt,
  ht,
  age,
  wt_units = "kg",
  ht_units = "cm",
  sex = 2,
  dob = NULL,
  date_assessed = NULL
)

Arguments

data

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

wt

A vector representing weight.

ht

A vector representing height.

age

A vector representing age.

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).

Value

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