par Hauspie, R;Wachholder, Salo-Alexander ;Baron, G.;Cantraine, Frédéric ;Susanne, Charles ;Graffar, Marcel
Référence Annals of human biology, 7, page (347-358)
Publication Publié, 1980
Article révisé par les pairs
Résumé : We have fitted Preece-Baines model 1, double logistic, logistic and Gompertz functions to longitudinal data on the growth in height of 35 Belgian girls, followed from birth to 18·0 years. The Preece-Baines model 1 showed significantly lower residual mean squares than the double logistic function, when fitted to data beyond the age of 1·0 year. The former model was also more robust towards variations in the lower age bound of the subject's data series and always described the adolescent spurt better than the latter. Both models fitted the data badly when measurements before the age of 1·0 year were included, and they usually estimated the point at take-off too early. Over the adolescent cycle only, the logistic function fitted our data slightly better than the Gompertz function, with significantly lower pooled residual mean squares, though a slightly worse performance in the runs-test. © 1980 Informa UK Ltd All rights reserved: reproduction in whole or part not permitted.

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