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Growth curve analysis

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1.5.0

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Tim Cole

Last Published

July 26th, 2025

Functions in sitar (1.5.0)

dfset

Find degrees of freedom for a natural spline curve to minimise BIC or AIC
dfpower

Tabulate BIC of SITAR models by degrees of freedom, fixed effects and xy power transformations
ifun

Invert an expression defining a data transformation
getDV

Extract individual estimates of peak velocity and age at peak velocity
heights

Serial heights measured in 12 girls
getData.sitar

Extract elements of fitted SITAR models
%>%

Pipe operator
predict.sitar

Predict SITAR model
plotclean

Plot multiple growth curves to identify outliers
mplot

Plot multiple growth curves
ob_convertr

Convert between IOTF, WHO and CDC prevalence rates for child thinness, overweight and obesity
pdLMS

Plot frequency distributions(s) for given L, M and S values in LMS method
optimal_design

Optimal design for growth reference centile studies
uk90

UK 1990 growth reference
plot.sitar

Plot SITAR model
velout

Identify outliers with abnormal velocity in growth curves
ukwhoterm

UK-WHO growth reference omitting preterm data
ukwhopt

UK-WHO growth reference including preterm
xaxsd

Par args xaxs and yaxs option d
print.sitar

Print SITAR model
xyadj

Adjust x and y variables for SITAR random effects
print.summary.sitar

Print summary of SITAR model
sitar

Fit SITAR growth curve model
subsample

Sample from SITAR dataset
summary.sitar

Create summary of SITAR model
timegap

Select equally spaced ages from a vector of ages
who06

The WHO 2006 growth standard
who0607

The WHO 2006 growth standard and WHO 2007 growth reference
recalib

Recalibrate x, y data using SITAR random effects
sitar-package

SITAR (SuperImposition by Translation And Rotation) growth curve analysis
z2cent

Express z-scores as centile character strings for plotting
cdc2000

The CDC 2000 growth reference
anova.sitar

Compare Likelihoods of Fitted SITAR Objects
apv_se

Bootstrap standard errors for SITAR peak velocity and age at peak velocity
codeplot

Plot and zap velocity outliers in growth curves
funcall

Function call with optional inverse
getPeakTrough

Identify peak or trough on curve
LMSfit

Estimate LMS curves from tabulated growth reference centiles
BICadj

Ways to compare SITAR models for fit
LMS2z

Convert to/from measurement from/to z-score with growth reference
bupdate

Update the b fixed effect to minimise the b-c random effect correlation
cLMS

LMS conversion to and from z-scores
berkeley

The Berkeley Child Guidance Study
deren

Deren prevalence data on child thinness, overweight and obesity
iotf

IOTF international body mass index reference