Table 2.
Global Characteristics of the Estimated Networks and Network Comparison Results by Age Group
| All participants (n=355) |
Older participants (n=147) |
Young participants (n=208) |
Network1 vs. 2 | Network 1 vs. 3 |
Network 2 vs. 3 |
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| Global strength | 13.38 | 12.74 | 12.74 | |||
| Top 5 most central nodes (strength centrality) | Fati (2.23) | Fati (2.23) | Fati (2.04) | |||
| Anx (1.66) | HardConc (1.70) | Anx (2.01) | ||||
| AbdPn (1.26) | AbdPn (1.26) | AbdPn (1.19) | ||||
| Gas (1.25) | Gas (1.21) | Bloat (1.15) | ||||
| HardConc (0.87) | Anx (1.08) | Gas (0.96) | ||||
| NCT results | ||||||
| Omnibus test of network structure invariance p-value | ~ 1.000 | 0.979 | 0.867 | |||
| Global strength invariance test p-value | 0.471 | 0.356 | 0.907 | |||
Note See Table 1 for symptom abbreviation; NCT = network comparison test; Network 1 = all participants; Network 2 = older (> 45 years) participants; Network 3 = young (≤ 45 years) participants.