TY - JOUR AU - Beyerlein, Andreas AU - Fahrmeir, Ludwig AU - Mansmann, Ulrich AU - Toschke, André M. PY - 2008 DA - 2008/09/08 TI - Alternative regression models to assess increase in childhood BMI JO - BMC Medical Research Methodology SP - 59 VL - 8 IS - 1 AB - Body mass index (BMI) data usually have skewed distributions, for which common statistical modeling approaches such as simple linear or logistic regression have limitations. SN - 1471-2288 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-8-59 DO - 10.1186/1471-2288-8-59 ID - Beyerlein2008 ER -