André M. Toschke

Over-indebtedness as a marker of socioeconomic status and its association with obesity: a cross-sectional study (2009)

Münster, Eva, Rüger, Heiko, Ochsmann, Elke, Letzel, Stephan, Toschke, André M

Abstract Background The recent credit crunch will have implications for private households. Low socioeconomic status is associated to various diseases. While income, education and occupational status...

Alternative regression models to assess increase in childhood BMI (2008)

Beyerlein, Andreas, Fahrmeir, Ludwig, Mansmann, Ulrich, Toschke, André M

Abstract Background Body mass index (BMI) data usually have skewed distributions, for which common statistical modeling approaches such as simple linear or logistic regression have limitations....

Risk factors for childhood obesity: shift of the entire BMI distribution vs. shift of the upper tail only in a cross sectional study (2008)

Toschke, André M, Von Kries, Rüdiger, Beyerlein, Andreas, Rückinger, Simon

Abstract Background Previous studies reported an increase of upper body mass index (BMI) quantiles for formula fed infants compared to breastfed infants, while corresponding mean differences were...