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Application of growth models in the analysis of pathological growth data: The case of hypophosphatemic vitamin D‐resistant rickets
Author(s) -
Hauspie Roland C.,
Steendijk Robert
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
american journal of human biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.559
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1520-6300
pISSN - 1042-0533
DOI - 10.1002/ajhb.1310050208
Subject(s) - hypophosphatemic rickets , logistic regression , rickets , logistic function , pathological , growth model , short stature , medicine , longitudinal data , vitamin d and neurology , pediatrics , mathematics , statistics , demography , mathematical economics , sociology
Growth in height of 16 patients suffering from hypophosphatemic vitamin D‐resistant rickets (HR) was analyzed by means of three nonlinear growth models: the Preece Baines function, the JPPS model, and the triple logistic function. The data were purely longitudinal, covering age ranges from childhood to adulthood, with an average of 3 measurements per year. All three models proved to fit the growth pattern of HR patients with the same degree of accuracy as they do for healthy children, indicating that, despite their small height‐for‐age and their disproportionately short stature, these patients had a quite normal overall shape of their growth pattern. The JPPS model was particularly appropriate to describe the individual growth pattern of these patients, since the fit of this model was quite robust towards the choice of starting values for the numerical least‐squares technique, and the model estimated biological variables in a fairly unbiased way. Analysis of the residuals suggested that in 5 of the 16 patients there was evidence of short‐term variations in growth rate (mini‐spurts), such as have been described in healthy children. © 1993 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.