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. 2018 Mar 29;6:4400209. doi: 10.1109/JTEHM.2018.2797983

TABLE 2. Height Prediction Performance (RMSE in Centimeters) of Linear, Support Vector, Gaussian Process, and Neural Network Regressions; for 4261 Adult Subjects (NHANES III). The Anthropometric Parameters Input are Knee Height (Knee), Gender, Ethnicity (Ethn.), Functional Leg (Leg) and Forearm (Arm) Lengths, as Well as, Wrist (Wrist) and Sitting (Sit) Heights.

Linear Regression
Two Param. Four Param. + Gender + Ethn.
One Param. +Knee +Leg +Arm +Wrist +Sit. +Gender +Ethn. +Knee
+Leg
+Arm
+Knee
+Leg
+Wrist
+Knee
+Leg
+Wrist
Anthropom. Parameter Knee 4.85 4.57 4.61 4.60 2.43 4.61 4.08
Leg 7.10 4.57 5.48 5.77 3.58 4.75 7.06
Arm 6.29 4.61 5.48 5.67 3.55 5.42 6.24 4.03 2.20
Wrist 7.01 4.60 5.77 5.67 4.00 6.43 6.89 3.93 2.20
Sit. 4.45 2.43 3.58 3.55 4.00 4.18 4.43 2.17 2.20
Support Vector Regression/Gaussian Process Regression
Two Param. Four Param. + Gender + Ethn.
One Param. +Knee +Leg +Arm +Wrist +Sit. +Gender +Ethn. +Knee
+Leg
+Arm
+Knee
+Leg
+Wrist
+Knee
+Leg
+Wrist
Anthropom. Parameter Knee 4.05 3.86 3.83 3.90 2.12 3.62 4.01
Leg 5.18 3.86 4.58 4.59 3.29 4.65 5.12
Arm 4.94 3.83 4.58 4.53 3.26 4.48 4.80 3.34 1.89
Wrist 4.86 3.90 4.59 4.53 3.36 4.80 4.93 3.26 1.86
Sit. 3.98 2.12 3.29 3.26 3.36 3.77 3.64 1.86 1.86
Neural Network Regression
Two Param. Four Param. + Gender + Ethn.
One Param. +Knee +Leg +Arm +Wrist +Sit. +Gender +Ethn. +Knee
+Leg
+Arm
+Knee
+Leg
+Wrist
+Knee
+Leg
+Wrist
Anthropom. Parameter Knee 4.03 3.83 3.84 3.80 2.11 3.69 4.08
Leg 4.89 3.83 4.51 4.57 3.29 4.62 5.03
Arm 4.80 3.83 4.51 4.56 3.29 4.40 4.62 3.44 1.96
Wrist 4.88 3.80 4.57 4.56 3.39 4.88 4.87 3.42 1.91
Sit. 3.93 2.11 3.29 3.29 3.39 3.76 3.65 1.91 1.94