An application of bootstrap resampling method to obtain confidence interval for percentile fatness cutoff points in childhood and adolescence overweight diagnoses

Colugnati, F. A. B.; Louzada Neto, F.; Taddei, J. A. de A. C.

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An application of bootstrap resampling method to obtain confidence interval for percentile fatness cutoff points in childhood and adolescence overweight diagnoses

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Author(s):	Colugnati, F. A. B. ; Louzada Neto, F. ; Taddei, J. A. de A. C. ^[3] Total Authors: 3
Document type:	Journal article
Source:	International Journal of Obesity; v. 29, n. 3, p. 340-347, Mar. 2005.
Field of knowledge:	Health Sciences - Nutrition
Abstract
To present a resampling approach to obtain confidence intervals (CIs) and the empirical distributions for the studentized regression residuals percentiles when used as cutoff points for overweight and obesity diagnosis in children and adolescents. We propose a simple and efficient way to obtain the interval estimates and the distribution properties of cutoff points for overweight and obese classification using a sample-based method that allows the comparison of cutoffs among many subpopulations. (AU)

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