Research Article

Geographical Differences in the Population-Based Cross-Sectional Growth Curve and Age at Peak Height Velocity with respect to the Prevalence Rate of Overweight in Japanese Children

Figure 3

An example of estimation of age at PHV. The growth curve was estimated by cubic spline-fitting using all prefectural data for 5–17-year-old children from 2006 to 2013. This is an example of males in Hokkaido prefecture.