Latent classes of anthropometric growth in early childhood using uni- and multivariate approaches in a South African birth cohort

• Noëlle van Biljon ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: noellevanbiljon@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4984-8905

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• Marilyn T. Lake,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, and South African-MRC unit on Child & Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa

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• Liz Goddard,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, and South African-MRC unit on Child & Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa

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• Maresa Botha,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, and South African-MRC unit on Child & Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa

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• Heather J. Zar,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, and South African-MRC unit on Child & Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa

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• Francesca Little

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

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