gen_height_weight

Predict height and weight from age using smoothing splines, and then add
residual variability from a 2-D KDE, both fitted to NHANES data, for a given
combination of gender and NHANES race/ethnicity category.

httk-pop

Pre-made models that can be rapidly tailored to various chemicals
and species using chemical-specific in vitro data and physiological
information. These tools allow incorporation of chemical
toxicokinetics ("TK") and in vitro-in vivo extrapolation ("IVIVE")
into bioinformatics, as described by Pearce et al. (2017)
(<doi:10.18637/jss.v079.i04>). Chemical-specific
in vitro data characterizing toxicokinetics have been obtained
from relatively high-throughput experiments. The
chemical-independent ("generic") physiologically-based ("PBTK") and empirical
(for example, one compartment) "TK" models included here can be
parameterized with in vitro data or in silico predictions which are
provided for thousands of chemicals, multiple exposure routes,
and various species. High throughput toxicokinetics ("HTTK") is the
combination of in vitro data and generic models. We establish the
expected accuracy of HTTK for chemicals without in vivo data
through statistical evaluation of HTTK predictions for chemicals
where in vivo data do exist. The models are systems of ordinary
differential equations that are developed in MCSim and solved
using compiled (C-based) code for speed. A Monte Carlo sampler is
included for simulating human biological variability
(Ring et al., 2017 <doi:10.1016/j.envint.2017.06.004>)
and propagating parameter uncertainty
(Wambaugh et al., 2019 <doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfz205>).
Empirically calibrated methods are included for predicting
tissue:plasma partition coefficients and volume of distribution
(Pearce et al., 2017 <doi:10.1007/s10928-017-9548-7>).
These functions and data provide a set of tools for using IVIVE to
convert concentrations from high-throughput screening experiments
(for example, Tox21, ToxCast) to real-world exposures via reverse
dosimetry (also known as "RTK")
(Wetmore et al., 2015 <doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfv171>).

John Wambaugh

httk

High-Throughput Toxicokinetics

Sarah Davidson-Fritz

Robert Pearce

Caroline Ring

Greg Honda

Mark Sfeir

Matt Linakis

Dustin Kapraun

Nathan Pollesch

Miyuki Breen

Shannon Bell

Xiaoqing Chang

Todor Antonijevic

Jimena Davis

Elaina Kenyon

Katie Paul Friedman

Celia Schacht

Meredith Scherer

James Sluka

Noelle Sinski

Nisha Sipes

Barbara Wetmore

Lily Whipple

Woodrow Setzer

gen_height_weight function

<dl><dt>gender</dt>
<dd>Gender for which to calculate height/weight ("Male" or "Female")</dd>
<dt>reth</dt>
<dd>NHANES race/ethnicity category for which to calculate
height/weight ("Mexican American", "Non-Hispanic Black", "Non-Hispanic
White", "Other", or "Other Hispanic")</dd>
<dt>age_months</dt>
<dd>vector of ages in months for individuals for whom to
calculate height/weight (between 0-959 months)</dd>
<dt>nhanes_mec_svy</dt>
<dd><code>surveydesign</code> object created from
<code>mecdt</code> using <code>svydesign</code> (this is done in
<code>httkpop_generate</code>)</dd></dl>

Arguments

Author

Generate heights and weights for a virtual population. — gen_height_weight

<dl>

<dt>gender</dt>
<dd>Gender for which to calculate height/weight ("Male" or "Female")</dd>


<dt>reth</dt>
<dd>NHANES race/ethnicity category for which to calculate
height/weight ("Mexican American", "Non-Hispanic Black", "Non-Hispanic
White", "Other", or "Other Hispanic")</dd>


<dt>age_months</dt>
<dd>vector of ages in months for individuals for whom to
calculate height/weight (between 0-959 months)</dd>


<dt>nhanes_mec_svy</dt>
<dd><code>surveydesign</code> object created from
<code>mecdt</code> using <code>svydesign</code> (this is done in
<code>httkpop_generate</code>)</dd>

</dl>

Generate heights and weights for a virtual population.

gen_height_weight: Generate heights and weights for a virtual population.

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