Andreas Beyerlein

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...

Risk Factors and Chronic Disease Children at High Risk for Overweight: A Classification and Regression Trees Analysis Approach (2008)

André Michael Toschke, Andreas Beyerlein, Rüdiger Von Kries, André Michael, Von Kries Children

high risk for overweight: a classification and regression trees analysis approach. Obes Res. 2005;13:1270–1274. Objective: Early identification of children at high risk for childhood overweight is...

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

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

Alternative regression models to assess increase in childhood BMI

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