Prediction intervals for future BMI values of individual children - a non-parametric approach by quantile boosting

BACKGROUND: The construction of prediction intervals (PIs) for future body mass index (BMI) values of individual children based on a recent German birth cohort study with n = 2007 children is problematic for standard parametric approaches, as the BMI distribution in childhood is typically skewed dep...

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Autores principales: Mayr, Andreas, Hothorn, Torsten, Fenske, Nora
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3292459/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22276940
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-12-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3292459/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22276940
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-12-6

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