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Table 2 Fitting parameters and R2 values corresponding to the curves shown in Figures 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 with reference to the three PUN classes U 1, (U 1 + H 1) and (U 1 + F 1)

From: A novel approach to the analysis of human growth

  

U1

U1 + H1

U1 + F1

Boys (1965)

y0(cm)

69.67

66.71

65.06

 

a0(1/yr)

0.12

0.14

0.16

 

β0(1/yr)

-0.1

−0.14

−0.17

 

t m (yr)

 

13.51

12.75

 

y1(cm)

 

10.03

17.76

 

β1(1/yr)

 

−0.53

−0.59

 

σ(yr)

  

2.00

 

R 2

0.995

0.998

0.999

Girls (1990)

y0(cm)

64.14

62.91

60.65

 

a0(1/yr)

0.15

0.1672

0.21

 

β0(1/yr)

−0.15

−0.1696

−0.25

 

t m (yr)

 

9.3377

9.37

 

y1(cm)

 

4.3249

17.99

 

β1(1/yr)

 

−0.1838

−0.38

 

σ(yr)

  

3.21

 

R 2

0.995

0.997

0.999

Noonan boys

y0(cm)

67.58

65.34

62.22

 

a0(1/yr)

0.09

0.1

0.13

 

β0(1/yr)

−0.07

−0.1

−0.15

 

t m (yr)

 

11

12.83

 

y1(cm)

 

2.81

15.57

 

β1(1/yr)

 

−0.08

−0.43

 

σ(yr)

  

2.29

 

R 2

0.995

0.994

0.998

Noonan girls

y0(cm)

60.02

58.4

57.56

 

a0(1/yr)

0.12

0.14

0.15

 

β0(1/yr)

−0.12

−0.15

−0.16

 

t m (yr)

 

12

11.79

 

y1(cm)

 

5.83

9.26

 

β1(1/yr)

 

−0.67

−0.93

 

σ(yr)

  

1.28

 

R 2

0.995

0.998

0.998