Flexible models for the analysis of growth data with an application to height prediction

H Goldstein

Flexible models for the analysis of growth data with an application to height prediction

Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique. 1989;37(5-6):477-84.

Author

H Goldstein¹

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Education, University of London, U.K.

PMID: 2626589

Abstract

We show how recent developments in the theory of multilevel statistical modelling can be applied to the analysis of growth data and in particular to the prediction of adult height. This approach is both statistically efficient and very flexible.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Body Height*
Child
Child, Preschool
Growth*
Humans
Infant
Male
Models, Biological*
Multivariate Analysis
Normal Distribution
Probability