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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Heart Lung. 2011 Jul 27;41(1):44–56. doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2011.05.003

TABLE 7. Inter-Factor Covariances, Standard Error Estimates, Critical Ratios, and Correlations for 3-Factor / 7-Indicator Model in Patients with Heart Failure and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

HF: Study Day 1 (N = 119)
HF: Study Day 0 (n = 97)
COPD (n = 100)a
Factor covariances COV SE CRb r COV SE CRb r COV SE CRc r
EFFORT ↔ SMOTHERING 6.56 1.44 4.56 0.91 10.86 1.11 9.76 0.99 5.13 1.26 4.07 0.71
EFFORT↔TIGHTNESS 5.49 1.08 5.09 0.85 7.75 1.22 6.35 0.78 4.28 0.97 4.42 0.69
SMOTHERING ↔ TIGHTNESS 4.99 1.20 4.15 0.84 10.29 1.30 7.90 0.82 4.57 1.16 3.92 0.63

HF, heart failure; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Study Day 1, day enrolled in study (today rating); Study Day 0, day of admission (recall rating, obtained immediately after Study Day 1 rating); COV, unstandardized covariance estimate between factors; SE, standard error, CR, critical ratio (COV/SE, t-statistic); P, P value for t-statistic with df, n-1; r, interfactor correlation (standardized covariance estimate).

a

Data from ref 23.

b

P< .0001 for all estimates.

c

P < .0002 for all estimates.