title: A lifetime asymptotic growth curve for human height.
abstract: A new seven-parameter asymptotic growth curve has been applied to longitudinal data on the height of 13 boys and 14 girls from 1 month to 19 years of age. The residual sums of squares with this new curve were 7.5 times lower on the average than with the currently-used five-parameter curve No. 1 of Preece and Baines (1978, Annals of Human Biology 5, 1-24) and 2.4 times lower than with the recent six-parameter curve of Shohoji and Sasaki (1987, Growth 51, 432-450). The new curve is expressed with respect to total age, passes through the origin, and fits infants as satisfactorily as older children.
authors.affiliation: Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jolicoeur
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pontier
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Pernin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sempé
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001699:Biometry; D001827:Body Height; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D015233:Models, Statistical