Predict bone mass from age_years, height, weight, gender, using logistic equations fit to data from Baxter-Jones et al. 2011, or for infants < 1 year, using equation from Koo et al. 2000 (See Price et al. 2003)
bone_mass_age(age_years, age_months, height, weight, gender)
Vector of bone masses.
Vector of ages in years.
Vector of ages in months.
Vector of heights in cm.
Vector of body weights in kg.
Vector of genders, either 'Male' or 'Female'.
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Baxter-Jones, Adam DG, et al. "Bone mineral accrual from 8 to 30 years of age: an estimation of peak bone mass." Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 26.8 (2011): 1729-1739.
Koo, Winston WK, and Elaine M. Hockman. "Physiologic predictors of lumbar spine bone mass in neonates." Pediatric research 48.4 (2000): 485-489.
Price, Paul S., et al. "Modeling interindividual variation in physiological factors used in PBPK models of humans." Critical reviews in toxicology 33.5 (2003): 469-503.
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