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

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Title
Prediction intervals for future BMI values of individual children - a non-parametric approach by quantile boosting
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BMC Medical Research Methodology, January 2012
DOI 10.1186/1471-2288-12-6
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Authors

Andreas Mayr, Torsten Hothorn, Nora Fenske

Abstract

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 depending on age.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Belgium 1 3%
Unknown 28 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 21%
Professor > Associate Professor 5 17%
Researcher 4 14%
Student > Bachelor 2 7%
Professor 2 7%
Other 7 24%
Unknown 3 10%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 7 24%
Mathematics 3 10%
Social Sciences 3 10%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 7%
Computer Science 2 7%
Other 8 28%
Unknown 4 14%