Assessing the logistic growth function in connection to growth metrics

Abstract

This study set out to establish which of the different non-linear growth curve model - Von-Bertalanffy, Gompertz, Richards, Weibull, exponential function, and logistic - was most suitable for characterising the growth curve. A total of 715 female and 340 male kids body weight records, taken every three months from birth to the twelveth month of life, were included. Males had a higher asymptotic live weight (