Multi-level modelling of longitudinal child growth data: a comparison of growth models in the generation XXI birth cohort

Several methods have been used by different authors to estimate growth curves. In this paper, five growth models are compared using weight and height data from 6668 children from the Generation XXI birth cohort. The goal was to determine the model(s) that better describe the growth pattern from birt...

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Main Author: Moreira, Carla Maria Gonçalves Macedo (author)
Other Authors: Machado, Luís Meira (author), Fonseca, Maria João (author), Santos, Ana Cristina (author)
Format: conferencePaper
Language:eng
Published: 2019
Subjects:
Body height
Body weight
Generation XXI
Growth models
Ciências Naturais::Matemáticas
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/69574
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/69574

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