Meanings of linear spline in English

The model that fitted linear spline functions with 6 knots provided the lowest sum of residual variances across lactation.

LOS and monthly core measure performance rates were adjusted for patient characteristics and secular trends using linear spline logistic regression modeling.

We performed an interrupted time-series analysis using linear spline models to evaluate the count of each procedure per 1000 patients, stratified by ACO participation.

Piecewise linear splines modeled the associations between lymphocyte levels and time before death.

Plasma concentration versus time course was described either by a one-compartment model or by linear splines using NONMEM.

We used Linear spline random-effects models to estimate BP patterns across pregnancy for white British and Pakistani women.