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. 2013 Apr 22;15(4):e84. doi: 10.2196/jmir.2570

Table 9.

Results of multilevel analysis: multiple moderation.

Model 9 10 11
Treatment effects Est SE Est SE Est SE
Fixed effects






Intercept 6.80g 0.49 6.59g 0.58 6.65g 0.70

Lineara –0.81 0.85 –0.81 0.85 –0.83 0.85

Quadraticb 0.29 0.55 0.29 0.55 0.29 0.55

Cubicc –0.03 0.07 –0.03 0.07 –0.03 0.07
Predictors






Treatmentd –0.45 0.51 –0.09 0.83 –0.58 0.95

Treatment×linear –3.45g 1.28 –3.45g 1.28 –3.27g 1.28

Treatment×quadratic 2.23g 0.84 2.23g 0.84 2.23g 0.83

Treatment×cubic –0.28g 0.11 –0.28g 0.11 –0.28g 0.11

Gendere 1.07g 0.42 1.37g 0.57 1.81g 0.71

Age –0.04g 0.02 –0.08g 0.03 –0.08g 0.03

Educationf –0.47 0.35 –0.47 0.49 –1.39g 0.60

Treatment×gender

–0.48 0.81 –0.23 1.01

Treatment×age

0.07 0.04 0.05 0.04

Treatment×education

0.02 0.72 0.68 0.87

Linear×gender



–0.16 0.15

Linear×age



0.00 0.01

Linear×education



0.34 0.14

Linear×treatment×gender



–0.09 0.22

Linear×treatment×age



0.01 0.01

Linear×treatment×education



–0.24 0.21
Random effects






σ2 within participants 10.29g 0.57 10.28g 0.57 10.10g 0.59

σ2 between participants







Intercept 6.02g 1.00 5.93g 0.98 5.81g 1.00


Intercept, slope –0.25 0.14 –0.27 0.14 –0.19 0.16


Slope 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01
Model fit indexes






AIC 5665.48
5665.09
5676.43

–2LL (χ2) 5635.48
5629.09
5604.43

R 2 (level 1) 0.06
0.06
0.07

aLinear: 0 = baseline, 1 = 1 month, 2 = 2 months, 6 = 6 months.

bQuadratic: 0 = baseline, 1 = 1 month, 4 = 2 months, 36 = 6 months.

cCubic: 0 = baseline, 1 = 1 month, 8 = 2 months, 216 = 6 months.

dTreatment: 0 = control group, 1 = LS group.

eGender: 0 = male, 1 = female.

fEducation: 0 = ≤1-3 years of college/university, 1 = ≥4-5 years of college/university.

g P<.05.