micronutr: Determining Vitamin and Mineral Status of Populations

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Vitamin and mineral deficiencies continue to be a significant public health problem. This is particularly critical in developing countries where deficiencies to vitamin A, iron, iodine, and other micronutrients lead to adverse health consequences. Cross-sectional surveys are helpful in answering questions related to the magnitude and distribution of deficiencies of selected vitamins and minerals.

This package provides tools for determining select vitamin and mineral deficiencies based on World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines found here.

What does micronutr do?

The {micronutr} package provides tools for determining select vitamin and mineral deficiencies using R. Currently, {micronutr} has functions for:

  • Detecting haemoglobinaemia or anaemia based on an individual’s serum haemoglobin level;

  • Detecting inflammation status based on c-reactive protein (CRP) and alpha(1)-acid-glycoprotein (AGP);

  • Detecting iron deficiency status based on an individual’s serum ferritin level;

  • Detecting iodine deficiency status based on a population’s mean urinary iodine concentration.

For more information on the {micronutr} package, you can visit the project website. To learn about the underlying code for this software development project, see the GitHub code repository.

If you are interested in contributing to this project, please be aware of its Contributor Code of Conduct. By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms. To see a list of features that we are either actively working on, are considering, or need help on, visit our GitHub issues page. If you find something that you can help with, follow these steps on how to contribute.