interactive tool for visualizing growth curves
GrowthCharts Shiny app is an interactive tool to visualize and analyze growth curves of individuals by comparing their growth data to official growth standards. The app takes an input data file containing growth measurements (details in section Input) for people of interest and generates personalized growth curves. It calculates the percentiles for each measurement, allowing users to assess how individuals' growth compares to the general population.
The app is particularly useful for parents looking to track and understand growth patterns in their children, monitor development, or assess any deviations from expected standards.
Key Features
- upload your own measurements
- growth curve visualization
- percentile calculation
- interactive Interface
The input data should follow the template structure. The template is located in: (data/measurements_template.xlsx).
WHO standard for each feature was downloaded for the two age ranges (age 0-5, age 5-19), merged, and saved as .csv file.
WHO.Female.BMI.csv
WHO.Female.Head.csv
WHO.Female.Height.csv
WHO.Female.Weight.csv
WHO.Male.BMI.csv
WHO.Male.Head.csv
WHO.Male.Height.csv
WHO.Male.Weight.csv
WHO instructions