A modified Michaelis-Menten equation estimates growth from birth to 3 years in healthy babies in the USA

A modified Michaelis-Menten equation estimates growth from birth to 3 years in healthy babies in the USA

Abstract Background Standard pediatric growth curves cannot be used to impute missing height or weight measurements in individual children. The Michaelis–Menten equation, used for characterizing substrate-enzyme saturation curves, has been shown to model growth in many organisms including nonhuman v...

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Main Authors: William A. Walters, Catherine Ley, Trevor Hastie, Ruth E. Ley, Julie Parsonnet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-02-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Michaelis–Menten equation
Growth
Birth cohort
Height estimation
Weight estimation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-024-02145-1

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-024-02145-1

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