Table 3.

Results of fitting the linear latent growth curve model

Groups	Intercept (Mean (standard error))	Line slope (Mean (standard error))	Covariance
Diabetic	169.40 (2.65)*	1.78 (1.87)	-402.46*
Non-diabetic	96.91 (0.48)*	-0.29 (0.36)	0.77
Wald test result	722.88*	1.18	----

*Is significant at the 0.05 level