Growth velocity assessment in paediatric AIDS: Smoothing, penalized quantile regression and the definition of growth failure

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 509-526

  Carey, Vincent J ^a,d   Yong, F H ^a,e   Frenkel, L M ^b   McKinney, R M ^c  

^a CENTER FOR BIOSTATISTICS IN AIDS RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

^e GENZYME CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Pediatric AIDS; Quantile regression; Smoother bandwidth selection; Survival regression model selection

Indexed keywords

DIDANOSINE; NEVIRAPINE; STAVUDINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROUPS BY SEX; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; LOESS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAGING; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; GROWTH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PEDIATRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0842303540     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.1578     Document Type: Article

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