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Table 4 Values for the 90th and 97th BMI percentiles (Ï„) estimated by GAMLSS and quantile regression (QR) in respect to meal frequency (MF), with fixed values for all other covariates.

From: Alternative regression models to assess increase in childhood BMI

 

MF ≤ 3

MF = 4

MF ≥ 5

GAMLSS, Ï„ = 0.9

17.15

16.82

16.62

QR, Ï„ = 0.9

17.08

16.89

16.64

GAMLSS, Ï„ = 0.97

18.39

17.96

17.83

QR, Ï„ = 0.97

19.35

18.46

18.22