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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | – | ||