#' Peform SUL calculation #' #' @param x a data frame that contains var, genderVar and bmi columns #' @param var a variable measured in SUV that should be converted to SUL #' @param sulVar target variable to store converted values #' @param genderVar a variable denoting gender (1=female, 2=male) #' @param bmiVar a variable with body mass index values #' #' @return data frame x with added sulVar column #' #' @export convert.to.sul<-function(x,var,sulVar,genderVar='gender',bmiVar='bmi'){ x[,sulVar]=x[,var] male=x[,genderVar]==2 female=x[,genderVar]==1 x[male,sulVar]=x[male,sulVar]*(1.1-0.0128*x[male,bmiVar]) x[female,sulVar]=x[female,sulVar]*(1.07-0.0148*x[female,bmiVar]) x }