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. 2006 Sep 1;61(10):863–868. doi: 10.1136/thx.2005.050971

Table 3 Fixed effects of hostility on FVC (ml) at baseline and over time.

Effects Model 1 Model 2
Coefficient SE p value Coefficient SE p value
Initial status (intercept) 2689.24 735.7 0.0003 −2068.09 747.95 0.0059
Hostility −126.14 22.98 0.0001 −111.14 23.19 0.0001
Hostility × time −7.98 4.89 0.10 −7.23 4.95 0.1442
Time† 116.46 4.94 0.0001 −115.98 4.98 0.0001
Age −33.43 3.52 0.0001 −38.09 3.59 0.0001
Height 125.76 9.49 0.0001 120.64 9.64 0.0001
Current smoker‡ −408.03 79.64 0.0001
Former smoker¶ −98.92 52.14 0.0582
Education (>HS) 141.46 80.99 0.0812
2386 2309

†Time, time between assessment of hostility and pulmonary examination.

‡Effects are relative to never smokers (1, current smoker, 0, otherwise).

¶Effects are relative to never smokers (1, former smoker, 0, otherwise).

§These are the number of observations (multiple examinations for each individual) used in the analysis. 77 observations were dropped in analyses for model 2 because of missing information on covariates.