Lognormal Distributions for Body Weight as a Function of Age for Males and Females in the United States, 1976–1980

David E. Burmaster and Edmund A. C. Crouch

Risk Analysis, 1997, vol. 17, issue 4, 499-505

Abstract: Based on results reported from the NHANES II Survey (the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey II) for people living in the United States during 1976–1980, we use exploratory data analysis, probability plots, and the method of maximum likelihood to fit lognormal distributions to percentiles of body weight for males and females as a function of age from 6 months through 74 years. The results are immediately useful in probabilistic (and deterministic) risk assessments.

Date: 1997
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