Table 2.

Comparison of the goodness-of-fit of the three candidate models

Model	Boys					Girls
	RSD	AIC	BIC	Delta AIC	Log-likelihood	RSD	AIC	BIC	Delta AIC	Log-likelihood
Weight
Jenss-Bayley	0.46	5251	5300		−2613	0.46	5452	5503		−2714
Reed	0.52	5387	5424	136	−2684	0.51	5581	5619	129	−2781
Adapted Gompertz	0.49	5368	5405	117	−2675	0.49	5587	5625	135	−2784
Length/height
Jenss-Bayley	1.90	11 786	11 823		−5884	2.00	12 711	12 749		−6347
Reed	2.00	11 794	11 831	08	−5888	2.10	12 739	12 777	28	−6360
Adapted Gompertz	1.95	11 792	11 829	06	−5887	2.10	12 743	12 781	32	−6362

AIC, Akaike information criterion; BIC, Bayesian information criterion; RSD, residual SD.