SITAR—a useful instrument for growth curve analysis

Background Growth curve analysis is a statistical issue in life course epidemiology. Height in puberty involves a growth spurt, the timing and intensity of which varies between individuals. Such data can be summarized with individual Preece–Baines (PB) curves, and their five parameters then related...

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Published in:International journal of epidemiology 2010-12, Vol.39 (6), p.1558-1566
Main Authors: Cole, Tim J, Donaldson, Malcolm D C, Ben-Shlomo, Yoav
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Age Distribution
Analysis. Health state
Biological and medical sciences
Body Height - physiology
Child
Cohort Studies
Epidemiology
Female
General aspects
Growth Charts
growth curve
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Height
Humans
Insulin-Like Growth Factor I - metabolism
Male
Male and female genital diseases. Gonadal dysgenesis. Hermaphroditism. Sex hormones resistance
Medical sciences
Methodology
Models, Biological
Oxandrolone - therapeutic use
puberty
Puberty - physiology
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
random effects
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Regression Analysis
Turner syndrome
Turner Syndrome - drug therapy
Young Adult
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