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. 2009 Jan 8;10(2):374–389. doi: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxn044

Table 2.

Parameter estimates in the continuous part of the model for the HAQ data

Parameters Misspecified model Full model Latent process model
Estimate (SE) p Estimate (SE) p Estimate (SE) p
Intercept 0.3176(0.0567) < 0.0001 0.2149(0.0556) 0.0001 0.1748(0.0555) 0.0018
Age at onset of PsA 0.1011(0.0242) < 0.0001 0.1009(0.0245) < 0.0001 0.0984(0.0250) 0.0001
Sex
    Male
    Female 0.1811(0.0505) 0.0004 0.2225(0.0512) < 0.0001 0.2461(0.0523) < 0.0001
PsA disease duration 0.0039(0.0033) 0.2272 0.0035(0.0032) 0.2726 0.0044(0.0032) 0.1719
Actively inflamed joints 0.0219(0.0028) < 0.0001 0.0239(0.0027) < 0.0001 0.0243(0.0027) < 0.0001
Clinically deformed joints 0.0058(0.0031) 0.0627 0.0052(0.0031) 0.0957 0.0051(0.0031) 0.1034
PASI score 0.0128(0.0140) 0.3636 0.0247(0.0134) 0.0667 0.0257(0.0134) 0.0553
Morning stiffness
    No
    Yes 0.1502(0.0274) < 0.0001 0.1573(0.0263) < 0.0001 0.1620(0.0262) < 0.0001
ESR 0.0395(0.0132) 0.0028 0.0388(0.0127) 0.0024 0.0374(0.0126) 0.0033
Medications
    None
    NSAIDs – 0.0240 (0.0289) 0.4065 – 0.0177(0.0281) 0.5288 – 0.0181(0.0280) 0.5194
    DMARDs 0.0224(0.0280) 0.4252 0.0235(0.0272) 0.3889 0.0226(0.0272) 0.4064
    Steroids 0.0457(0.0453) 0.3135 0.0493(0.0441) 0.2641 0.0481(0.0441) 0.2761
Interaction of actively inflamed – 0.0004(0.0002) 0.0290 – 0.0004(0.0002) 0.0072 – 0.0005(0.0002) 0.0042
joints with arthritis duration
Interaction of clinical deformed 0.0002(0.0001) 0.1122 0.0003(0.0001) 0.0330 0.0003(0.0001) 0.0351
joints with arthritis duration
σv2 0.1587(0.0154) < 0.0001 0.1732(0.0166) < 0.0001
σv/σu 0.2074 (0.0210) < 0.0001
σe2 0.0785(0.0040) < 0.0001 0.0774(0.0039) < 0.0001 0.0779(0.0039) < 0.0001
ρ (ρ = 0) 0.9423(0.0373) < 0.0001 (ρ = 1)
– 2 log- likelihood (both parts) 2116.0 2018.1 2022.2
AIC 2178.0 2082.1 2084.2

SE, standard error.