Determine population level iodine intake status — detect

Determining population level iodine intake status using mean urinary iodine concentration for school age children (general), pregnant women (pregnant), or lactating women with children under 2 years old (lactating).

Usage

detect_iodine(
  iodine = NULL,
  group = c("general", "pregnant", "lactating"),
  label = TRUE
)

detect_iodine_general(iodine = NULL, label = TRUE)

detect_iodine_pregnant(iodine = NULL, label = TRUE)

detect_iodine_lactating(iodine = NULL, label = TRUE)

Arguments

iodine: A numeric value or numeric vector of median urinary iodine concentration (microgram/L) of the population or populations of interest.
group: The population group of interest. Either school age children (general), pregnant women (pregnant), or lactating women with children under 2 years old (lactating)
label: Logical. Should labels be used to classify iodine intake status? If TRUE (default), status is classified descriptively as insufficient, adequate, excessive, or the like. If FALSE, simple integer codes are returned.

Value

If label is TRUE, a character value or character vector of iodine intake status. If label is FALSE, an integer value or integer vector of iodine intake status.

Author

Nicholus Tint Zaw and Ernest Guevarra

Examples

detect_iodine(iodine = 10)
#> [1] "insufficient (severe)"