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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2010 Jun 8;40(4):531–544. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.12.006

Table 2.

Hierarchical Linear Models of Evening Fatigue, Morning Fatigue, and Sleep Disturbance

Evening Fatigue Coefficient (SE)

Variable Unconditional
Model
Final Model

Fixed Effects
  Intercept 4.283 (0.127) e 4.322 (0.181) e
  Timea (linear rate of change) 0.075 (0.013) e 0.075 (0.013) e
  Time2 (quadratic rate of change) −0.003 (0.0005) e −0.003 (0.0005) e

Time invariant covariates
Intercept: Age −0.044 (0.009) e
    Gender 0.458 (0.214) c
    Genotype −0.786 (0.216) d
Linear:  Baseline evening fatigue × time −0.028 (0.006) e
Quadratic:  Baseline evening fatigue × time2 0.002 (0.0002) e

Variance components
  In intercept 3.714e 3.159 e
  In linear rate 0.022e 0.023 e
  In quadratic fit 0.00003e 0.00003 e

Goodness-of-fit deviance(parameters estimated) 11305.680 (10) 11246.199 (15)
Model comparison (χ2 [df]) 59.48 (5) e


Morning Fatigue Coefficient (SE)

Variable Unconditional
Model
Final Model

Fixed Effects
  Intercept 2.431 (0.111) e 2.545 (0.121) e
  Timea (linear rate of change) 0.035 (0.012) d 0.035 (0.012) d
  Time2 (quadratic rate of change) −0.002 (0.0005) e −0.002 (0.0005) e

Time invariant covariates
Intercept: Age −0.054 (0.009) e
    Genotype −0.311 (0.178) b
Linear:   Age × time −0.004 (0.001) e
    Baseline morning fatigue × time −0.051 (0.006) e
Quadratic:  Age × time2 0.0002 (0.00004) e
    Baseline morning fatigue × time2 0.002 (0.0002) e

Variance components
  In intercept 2.780e 2.384 e
  In linear rate 0.019e 0.020 e
  In quadratic fit 0.00002e 0.00003 e

Goodness-of-fit deviance(parameters estimated) 10762.335 (10) 10700.277 (16)
Model comparison (χ2 [df]) 62.06 (6) e


Sleep Disturbance Coefficient (SE)

Variable Unconditional
Model
Final Model

Fixed Effects
  Intercept 41.045 (1.114) e 43.481 (1.325) e
  Timea (linear rate of change) −0.144 (0.037) e −0.146 (0.033) e

Time invariant covariates
Intercept: Age −0.338 (0.092) d
    Genotype −6.760 (2.17) d
Linear:   Baseline sleep disturbance × time −0.008 (0.002) e

Variance components
  In intercept 271.521e 248.32 e
  In linear rate 0.143e 0.086 e

Goodness-of-fit deviance(parameters estimated) 12550.001 (6) 12522.495 (9)
Model comparison (χ2 [df]) 27.51 (3) e
a

Time was coded 0 at the time of the simulation visit

b

P = 0.08.

c

P < 0.05.

d

P ≤ 0.01.

e

P < 0.0001.