SpurAfrika 2018 Clinic Data Initial Exploration

David Pat Shui Fong
8th April 2018

Spur Clinic January 2018

  • 'Non-selected' children from complete year levels in several Kibera schools of Nairobi, Kenya.
  • 744 children seen

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Height vs Age plot

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  • Boys, in particular, appear to be below expected heights from age 10 years to 16 years.
  • Exploratory analysis and charts generated with assistance of ExploreSpur2018 Shiny App.

Body Mass Index (BMI) vs Age plot

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  • Similarly, boys below the expected BMI from age 7 years to 16 years
  • Exploratory analysis and charts generated with assistance of ExploreSpur2018 Shiny App.

Conclusion

Recommend further investigation into significance of results, explore associated illness and possible selection bias.




Credits

Data collected by SpurAfrika team

Full reproducible analysis code available at https://github.com/DavidPatShuiFong/SpurAfrika2018