RE: Body weight distribution
Sebatien
I think this sort of data would be available from previous popn analyses.
There are many publications that include a parametric description of their
sample population often arising from 100' and sometimes 1000's of subjects.
These would relate to the study in question however, e.g. general medical
etc. It would depend on what population you wanted.
However if you're interested in a multivariate distribution (e.g. the joint
distribution of weight and height) then your choices are more limited.
Steve
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sébastien Bihorel
> Sent: Thursday, 24 April 2008 3:55 a.m.
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [NMusers] Body weight distribution
>
> Dear NMusers,
>
> I have been looking for publications describing the body
> weight distribution in the general adult population, and more
> specifically for those reporting a parametric analysis of
> this distribution. I found one publication which focused on
> the US population (Portier et al, Risk Anal
> 2007 Feb;27(1):11-26) and wonder if anyone knows of any other
> relevant articles on the topic.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Sebastien
>