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Area of Science:

  • Pediatric growth analysis
  • Biostatistics
  • Child health indicators

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  • Longitudinal growth is a key indicator of child health.
  • Various methods exist for detecting childhood growth patterns, but consistency is unverified.
  • This study compares different techniques for growth pattern detection and their influencing factors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore variations in growth patterns detected by different clustering and latent class modeling techniques.
  • To investigate how longitudinal growth characteristics influence pattern detection.

Main Methods:

  • 1134 children's longitudinal growth data (height, weight, BMI) from birth to 12 years were analyzed.
  • Latent Class Mixed Models (LCMM) and Time-Series Clustering (TSC) were used to identify growth patterns.
  • Extracted growth features were used to predict identified patterns via a random forest classifier.

Main Results:

  • Three BMI growth patterns were identified by both LCMM and TSC.
  • Clustering agreement between LCMM and TSC was 58%; TSC configurations varied from 30.8% to 93.3%.
  • Extracted features accurately predicted growth patterns (82%-89%), with specific features being key predictors.

Conclusions:

  • Methodological choices significantly impact growth pattern detection in children.
  • Inconsistent pattern detection can affect population comparisons and health outcome associations.
  • Growth features serve as reliable predictors for identifying growth patterns.