@article{HermanussenStecAmannetal.2016,
  author    = {Hermanussen, Michael and Stec, Karol and Amann, Christian and Meigen, Christof and Van Buuren, Stef},
  title     = {Synthetic Growth Reference Charts},
  series = {American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council},
  volume    = {28},
  journal   = {American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council},
  publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell},
  address   = {Hoboken},
  issn      = {1042-0533},
  doi       = {10.1002/ajhb.22759},
  pages     = {98 -- 111},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Objectives: To reanalyze the between-population variance in height, weight, and body mass index (BMI), and to provide a globally applicable technique for generating synthetic growth reference charts. Methods: Using a baseline set of 196 female and 197 male growth studies published since 1831, common factors of height, weight, and BMI are extracted via Principal Components separately for height, weight, and BMI. Combining information from single growth studies and the common factors using in principle a Bayesian rationale allows for provision of completed reference charts. Results: The suggested approach can be used for generating synthetic growth reference charts with LMS values for height, weight, and BMI, from birth to maturity, from any limited set of height and weight measurements of a given population. Conclusion: Generating synthetic growth reference charts by incorporating information from a large set of reference growth studies seems suitable for populations with no autochthonous references at hand yet. (C) 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HermanussenLiebermanJanewaetal.2012,
  author    = {Hermanussen, Michael and Lieberman, Leslie Su and Janewa, V. Schoenfeld and Scheffler, Christiane and Ghosh, Arunava and Bogin, Barry and Godina, Elena and Kaczmarek, M. and El-Shabrawi, M. and Salama, E. E. and R{\"u}hli, Frank J. and Staub, Kaspar and Woitek, U. and Blaha, Pawel and Aßmann, Christian and van Buuren, Stef and Lehmann, A. and Satake, T. and Thodberg, H. H. and Jopp, E. and Kirchengast, S. and Tutkuviene, J. and McIntyre, M. H. and Wittwer-Backofen, U. and Boldsen, Jesper L. and Martin, D. D. and Meier, J.},
  title     = {Diversity in auxology between theory and practice},
  series = {Journal of biological and clinical anthropology : Anthropologischer Anzeiger ; Mitteilungsorgan der Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Anthropologie},
  volume    = {69},
  journal   = {Journal of biological and clinical anthropology : Anthropologischer Anzeiger ; Mitteilungsorgan der Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Anthropologie},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {Schweizerbart},
  address   = {Stuttgart},
  issn      = {0003-5548},
  doi       = {10.1127/0003-5548/2012/0133},
  pages     = {159 -- 174},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {Auxology has developed from mere describing child and adolescent growth into a vivid and interdisciplinary research area encompassing human biologists, physicians, social scientists, economists and biostatisticians. The meeting illustrated the diversity in auxology, with the various social, medical, biological and biostatistical aspects in studies on child growth and development.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HermanussenGodinaRuehlietal.2010,
  author    = {Hermanussen, Michael and Godina, Elena and Ruehli, Frank J. and Blaha, Pawel and Boldsen, Jesper L. and van Buuren, Stef and MacIntyre, Matthew and Aßmann, Christian and Ghosh, Arunava and de Stefano, Gian Fra nco and Sonkin, Valentin D. and Tresguerres Hern{\´a}ndez, Jes{\´u}s {\´A}ngel Fern{\´a}ndez and Meigen, Christof and Scheffler, Christiane and Geiger, Cherie L. and Lieberman, Leslie Sue},
  title     = {Growth variation, final height and secular trend : proceedings of the 17th Aschauer Soiree, 7th November 2009},
  issn      = {0018-442X},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.jchb.2010.06.001},
  year      = {2010},
  abstract  = {Growth and body height have always been topics interesting to the public. In particular, the stupendous increase of some 15-19 cm in final adult height during the last 150 years in most European countries (the "secular trend"), the concomitant changes in body and head proportions, the tendency towards early onset of sexual maturation, the changes in the age when final height is being reached, and the very recent trend in body mass index, have generated much scientific literature. The marked plasticity of growth in height and weight over time causes problems. Child growth references differ between nations, they tend to quickly become out of date, and raise a number of questions regarding fitting methods, effects caused by selective drop-out, etc. New findings contradict common beliefs about the primary importance of nutritional and health related factors for secular changes in growth. There appears to be a broad age span from mid-childhood to early adolescence that is characterised by a peculiar insusceptibility. Environmental factors that are known to influence growth during this age span appear to have only little or no impact on final height. Major re- arrangements in height occur at an age when puberty has almost been completed and final height has almost been reached, implying that factors, which drive the secular trend in height, are limited to early childhood and late adolescence.},
  language  = {en}
}