- subjid
Vector of unique identifiers for each subject in the database.
- param
Vector identifying each measurement, may be 'WEIGHTKG', 'HEIGHTCM', or 'LENGTHCM'
'HEIGHTCM' vs. 'LENGTHCM' only affects z-score calculations between ages 24 to 35 months (730 to 1095 days).
All linear measurements below 731 days of life (age 0-23 months) are interpreted as supine length, and
all linear measurements above 1095 days of life (age 36+ months) are interpreted as standing height.
Note: at the moment, all LENGTHCM will be converted to HEIGHTCM. In the future, the algorithm will be updated to consider this difference.
- agedays
Numeric vector containing the age in days at each measurement.
- sex
Vector identifying the gender of the subject, may be 'M', 'm', or 0 for males, vs. 'F',
'f' or 1 for females.
- measurement
Numeric vector containing the actual measurement data. Weight must be in
kilograms (kg), and linear measurements (height vs. length) in centimeters (cm).
- orig.exclude
Vector of exclusion assessment results from cleangrowth()
- exclude_opt
Number from 0 to 3 indicating which option to use to handle strings of carried-forwards:
0. no change.
when deciding to exclude values, if we have a string of carried forwards,
drop the most deviant value, and all CFs in the same string, and move on as
normal.
when deciding to exclude values, if the most deviant in a
string of carried forwards is flagged, check all the CFs in that
string from 1:N. Exclude all after the first that is flagged for
exclusion when comparing to the Include before and after. Do not
remove things designated as include.
when deciding to exclude values, if the most deviant in a
string of carried forwards is flagged, check all the CFs in that
string from 1:N. Exclude all after the first that is flagged for
exclusion when comparing to the Include before and after. Make sure
remove things designated as include.
- sd.recenter
Data frame or table with median SD-scores per day of life
- ewma.exp
Exponent to use for weighting measurements in the exponentially weighted moving
average calculations. Defaults to -1.5. This exponent should be negative in order to weight growth
measurements closer to the measurement being evaluated more strongly. Exponents that are further from
zero (e.g. -3) will increase the relative influence of measurements close in time to the measurement
being evaluated compared to using the default exponent.
- ref.data.path
Path to reference data. If not supplied, the year 2000
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reference data will be used.
- quietly
Determines if function messages are to be displayed and if log files (parallel only)
are to be generated. Defaults to TRUE.
- minfactor
Sweep variable for computing mindiff.next.ht in 15f, default 0.5
- maxfactor
Sweep variable for computing maxdiff.next.ht in 15f, default 2
- banddiff
Sweep variable for computing mindiff.next.ht in 15f, default 3
- banddiff_plus
Sweep variable for computing maxdiff.next.ht in 15, default 5.5
- min_ht.exp_under
Sweep variable for computing ht.exp in 15f, default 2
- min_ht.exp_over
Sweep variable for computing ht.exp in 15f, default 0
- max_ht.exp_under
Sweep variable for computing ht.exp in 15f, default 0.33
- max_ht.exp_over
Sweep variable for computing ht.exp in 15f, default 1.5