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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Autor principal: Moreira, Carla Maria Gonçalves Macedo (author)
Outros Autores: Machado, Luís Meira (author), Fonseca, Maria João (author), Santos, Ana Cristina (author)
Formato: conferencePaper
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2019
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/69574
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/69574