This function calculates the L,M,S using the race-neutral GLI global (2022) equations (Bowerman et al, AJRCCM 2023). The output of this function is used in calculating the LLN and predicted spirometry parameters. Checking of the input is also performed here.
getLMS_GLIgl(age, height, gender = 1, param = "FEV1")
A data.frame with L, M and S, for every patient and every parameter requested
Age in years
Height in meters
Gender (1 = male, 2 = female) or a factor with two levels (first = male). Default is 1.
A character vector, containing one of more of the following parameters (case insensitive): "FEV1", "FVC", "FEV1FVC"
This is for internal use only.
Arguments age
, height
and gender
are vectors
of equal length, or of length one, in which case the value is recycled; if the four vectors are
not of equal length, the function stops with an error.