**Aim**: Accurate calculations of testicular volume standard deviation (SD) scores are not currently available. We constructed LMS-smoothed age-reference charts for testicular volume in healthy boys. **Methods**: The LMS method was used to calculate …
Large scale assessment data often has a multilevel structure. When dealing with missing values, such structures need to be taken into account to prevent underestimation of the intraclass correlation. We evaluate predictive mean matching (PMM) as a …
In preterm infants, poor postnatal growth is associated with adverse neurocognitive outcomes; conversely, rapid postnatal growth is supposedly harmful for future development of metabolic diseases. **Conclusion**: In this systematic review, …
In dit artikel belichten we kort een nieuwe techniek waarbij een grote en complexe gegevensverzameling snel doorzoekbaar en analyseerbaar is (‘big data’), het zoge- noemde ‘curve matching’. Curve matching is een generieke techniek die bruikbaar is …
Twenty-five scientists met at Aschauhof, Altenhof, Germany, to discuss various aspects of the complex network of modern health screening, focusing on current scientific topics including medical sciences, human biology, and mathematics; on problems in …
**Introduction**: Lifestyle Triple P is a general parenting intervention which focuses on preventing further excessive weight gain in overweight and obese children. The objective of the current study was to assess the effectiveness of the Lifestyle …
**Background**: Although children both at the upper and lower tail of the body mass index (BMI) distribution are at greater health risk, relatively little is known about the development of thinness prevalence rates in developed countries over time. …
The association between poverty, malnutrition, illness and poor socioeconomic conditions on the one side, and poor growth and short adult stature on the other side, is well recognized. Yet, the simple assumption by implication that poor growth and …