Table 5:

Coefficients for the fitted curves shown in Table 4. The final (10th) column shows the MSE between the fitted curve and the observed postnatal weights.

Gender	Model	Analysis Window (day since birth)	# Samples Used	Coefficients					MSE (Kg2)
				a	b	c	d	e
Male	Count’s	20	209	2.9690	5.6691	−6.3642			0.2213
	Reeds1	25	258	−20.5997	−6.5776	28.1120	23.6392		0.2316
	Reeds2	60	407	112.8610	17.3626	−87.6400	−152.7991	43.0524	0.3018
Female	Count’s	25	229	2.8771	4.7744	−5.4227			0.2079
	Reeds1	62	374	−8.6961	−2.3848	12.9260	11.5857		0.2485
	Reeds2	45	332	116.3558	20.6091	−95.8732	−154.1696	40.7861	0.2277