“…it is 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆 to determine the summary measure solely by examining either 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙨 or mean curves 𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥. Instead, it is best to study an 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽𝘀.”

@stephensenn.bsky.social et al. Stat Med. 2000 Mar 30;19(6):861-77.

“…height growth velocity 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, that coincides with the second and largest peak ossification rate, can represent a phase of practical relevance to inform differential elite youth athlete 𝙥𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 changes in maturation…”

This review, published in a journal from MDPI, provided 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 information by misciting a correspondence published in Elsevier's journal Sleep Medicine by reporting incorrect and misleading interprerations inconsistent with the points addressed in the letter

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