GROWTH: Functional Data Analysis of the human height postnatal growth in an on-line application
Vol.12,No.2(2021)
Currently, there is no advanced yet easy-to-use free application that allows paeditricians, auxologists and researchers in the field of human biology to perform in-depth analysis of postnatal growth. The application, GROWTH, was developed based on an understanding of the biological processes of human growth and mathematical approaches that provide the most appropriate model for individual (longitudinal) empirical data. The application is designed to be used in daily paediatric practice. It provides clinicians with tools to monitor growth, predict attained height and diagnose pathological growth patterns. Advanced analysis includes the timing of major growth milestones. The current version is the culmination of a multi-stage development of the application and is based on an Functional Principal Components Analysis method with numerical optimization. The output parameters are easy to use and are displayed both numerically and graphically.
body height; postnatal growth; growth modelling; growth curve; Functional Data Analysis
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