bodycompref: Reference Values for CT-Assessed Body Composition
Get z-scores, percentiles, absolute values, and percent of predicted of a reference cohort.
Functionality requires installing the data packages 'adiposerefdata' and 'musclerefdata' from p-mq.github.io/drat.
For more information on the underlying research, please visit our website which also includes a graphical interface.
The models and underlying data are described in
Marquardt J. Peter et al (2025),
"Subcutaneous and Visceral adipose tissue Reference Values from Framingham Heart Study Thoracic and Abdominal CT",
*Investigative Radiology*
<doi:10.1097/RLI.0000000000001104>
and
Tonnesen PE et al. (2023),
"Muscle Reference Values from Thoracic and Abdominal CT for Sarcopenia Assessment [column] The Framingham Heart Study",
*Investigative Radiology*,
<doi:10.1097/RLI.0000000000001012>.
| Version: |
2.0.2 |
| Depends: |
R (≥ 4.0.0) |
| Imports: |
assertthat, gamlss, stats, sae |
| Suggests: |
testthat (≥ 3.0.0), usethis, adiposerefdata, musclerefdata, knitr, rmarkdown |
| Published: |
2026-09-09 |
| DOI: |
10.32614/CRAN.package.bodycompref |
| Author: |
Dr. Peter Amin Marquardt
 [aut, cre] |
| Maintainer: |
Dr. Peter Amin Marquardt <peter at kmarquardt.de> |
| License: |
GPL (≥ 3) |
| URL: |
https://bodycomp-metrics.mgh.harvard.edu,
https://github.com/p-mq/bodycompref |
| NeedsCompilation: |
no |
| Additional_repositories: |
https://p-mq.github.io/drat |
| Citation: |
bodycompref citation info |
| Materials: |
README |
| CRAN checks: |
bodycompref results |
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These binaries (installable software) and packages are in development.
They may not be fully stable and should be used with caution. We make no claims about them.