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childsds (version 0.6)

sds: Calculate SDS Values

Description

Calculate SDS values

Usage

sds(value, age, sex, item, ref, type = "SDS", male = "male",
  female = "female")

Arguments

value
vector of measurement values
age
vector of age values
sex
vector of sex
item
name of the item e.g. "height"
ref
RefGroup object
type
"SDS" or "perc"
male
coding of sex for male
female
coding of sex for male

Value

vector containing SDS or percentile values

Details

The function takes a vector of measurement values, and of age and of sex and a RefGroup object as arguments. It calculates the sds or percentile values.