Is it necessary to classify developmental trajectories over time? A critical note [0.03%]
随时间划分发展轨迹有必要吗？一个批判性的评论
Jos Twisk
Jos Twisk
This paper is a critical note regarding the classification of developmental trajectories. Although the results should be interpreted with caution, it seems that this classification can be interesting for descriptive purposes. For answering ...
A possible strategy for developing a model to account for attrition bias in a longitudinal cohort to investigate associations between exclusive breastfeeding and overweight and obesity at 20 years [0.03%]
一种可能的策略，用于开发一个模型以解释纵向队列中有关纯母乳喂养与20岁时超重和肥胖之间关联的研究中的脱落偏差的影响
Wendy H Oddy,Grant J Smith,Peter Jacoby
Wendy H Oddy
Our objective was to develop a method that could be applied in a longitudinal cohort study to account for attrition bias in an investigation of exclusive breastfeeding and prevalence of overweight and obesity at 20 years. Participants were ...
Curve matching: a data-driven technique to improve individual prediction of childhood growth [0.03%]
基于数据的儿童生长预测改善技术
Stef van Buuren
Stef van Buuren
Longitudinal growth data are valuable for predicting and interpreting future growth of individual children. This note explores the idea of 'curve matching', a new technique to improve prediction of future growth of an individual child. The ...
The effect of early catch-up growth on health and well-being in young adults [0.03%]
早期追赶生长对年轻人健康和幸福的影响
Paula van Dommelen,Sylvia M van der Pal,Jack Bennebroek Gravenhorst et al.
Paula van Dommelen et al.
Aim: To study the effect of catch-up growth in the 1st year on cognition, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), problem behavior and growth in young adults. ...
Overweight in infancy: which pre- and perinatal factors determine overweight persistence or reduction? A birth cohort followed for 11 years [0.03%]
婴儿期超重：哪些围产期和先天因素决定超重的持续或减少？一项随访11年的出生队列研究
Lenie van Rossem,Alet H Wijga,Bert Brunekreef et al.
Lenie van Rossem et al.
Background: A considerable proportion of children with early-life overweight attain a normal weight. To recognize infants at risk of persistent overweight, we compared early-life factors of children with a longitudinal pa...
Daniel S Nagin
Daniel S Nagin
This article provides an overview of a group-based statistical methodology for analyzing developmental trajectories - the evolution of an outcome over age or time. Across all application domains, this group-based statistical method lends it...
David P MacKinnon,Matthew J Valente
David P MacKinnon
The purpose of this article is to outline multilevel structural equation modeling (MSEM) for mediation analysis of longitudinal data. The introduction of mediating variables can improve experimental and nonexperimental studies of child grow...
Emilio Ferrer,Joseph E Gonzales
Emilio Ferrer
In this paper, we describe a longitudinal modeling approach for examining multivariate changes and dynamics. This technique is based on latent change scores and is executed using a structural equation modeling framework. We provide an overv...
Retarded tempo of physiological development in childhood delays the onset of the metabolic syndrome in adulthood [0.03%]
儿童时期生理发育迟缓延迟了成年后代谢综合征的发病时间
Shumei S Sun,Adam P Sima,John H Himes
Shumei S Sun
Using serial data from the Fels Longitudinal Study, we investigated the effects of early and late attainment of the peak height velocity (PHV) in childhood on the timing of the appearance of the metabolic syndrome later in life. We aimed to...
Comparative study of four growth models applied to weight and height growth data in a cohort of US children from birth to 9 years [0.03%]
四种生长模型在美国儿童出生至九岁体重和身高增长数据中应用的比较研究
Nolwenn Regnault,Matthew W Gillman,Ken Kleinman et al.
Nolwenn Regnault et al.
Background/aims: The objective of our study was to compare the fit of four growth models for weight and height in contemporary US children between birth and 9 years. ...
Comparative Study
Annals of nutrition & metabolism. 2014;65(2-3):167-74. DOI:10.1159/000365894 2014