GWG (version 1.0)

Calculation of probabilities for inadequate and excessive gestational weight gain

Description

Based on calculations of 758 women this package calculates positive predictive values (PPV) and negative predictive values (NPV) for inadequate and excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) for different prevalences for different BMI categories.

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install.packages('GWG')

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Version

1.0

License

GPL (>= 2)

Maintainer

Christina Riedel

Last Published

January 17th, 2013

Functions in GWG (1.0)

GWG-package

Calculation of probabilities for inadequate or excessive gestational weight gain.

obese

Probabilities for inadequate or excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) for obese women for different months in pregnancy

OW_below

Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative likelihood ratios for prediction of inadequate GWG for overweight women

OB_below

Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative likelihood ratios for prediction of inadequate GWG for obese women

NW_below

Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative likelihood ratios for prediction of inadequate GWG for normal weight women

NW_above

Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative likelihood ratios for prediction of excessive GWG for normal weight women

OB_above

Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative likelihood ratios for prediction of excessive GWG for obese women

OW_above

Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative likelihood ratios for prediction of excessive GWG for overweight women

normalweight

Probabilities for inadequate or excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) for normal weight women for different months in pregnancy

overweight

Probabilities for inadequate or excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) for overweight women for different months in pregnancy