[The application of trajectory model in epidemiological research]

Guoshuang Feng; Shicheng Yu; Yuehua Hu

[The application of trajectory model in epidemiological research]

Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 2014 Jul;35(7):865-7.

[Article in Chinese]

Authors

Guoshuang Feng¹, Shicheng Yu², Yuehua Hu²

Affiliations

¹ National Center for Public Health Surveillance and Information Services, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China. Email: [email protected].
² National Center for Public Health Surveillance and Information Services, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China.

PMID: 25294084

Abstract

This article introduced the application of trajectory model in epidemiological study on fat development in sixty teenagers. Results showed that fat developing trend on three trajectories-normal fat group, high fat group and very high fat group, with independently different developing trend. Trajectory model seemed a suitable model for fitting the longitudinal data with heterogeneity.

Publication types

English Abstract
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adipose Tissue / growth & development*
Adolescent
Child
Epidemiologic Studies
Female
Humans
Models, Statistical*