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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 27.
Published in final edited form as: Open J Pediatr. 2013 Jun;3(2):116–126. doi: 10.4236/ojped.2013.32022

Table 3.

Parameter estimates for systolic and diastolic blood pressure from ARMA [1, 1] models in participants in the Fels Longitudinal Study, southwestern Ohio, 1929–2010. Information for the SBP and DBP are in separate sections.

Systolic Blood Pressure Diastolic Blood Pressure

Males

Effect Estimate S.E. p-value Estimate S.E. p-value

Intercept 108.54 0.66 <0.0001 72.9 0.6 <0.0001
(Age-40) year 0.33 0.01 <0.0001 0.23 0.01 <0.0001
(Age-40)2 0.01 0 <0.0001 −0.01 0 <0.0001
(BMI-20) kg/m2 1.24 0.08 <0.0001 0.87 0.07 <0.0001
(BMI-20)2 −0.01 0 0.0109 −0.01 0 0.1123
(Height-150) (cm) 0.16 0.01 <0.0001 −0.04 0.01 0.0005
BPMeds −3.35 1.29 0.0093 −3.23 1.28 0.0116

Covariance Parameter Estimates

Covariance Parameter Estimate S.E. p-value Estimate S.E. p-value

Rho (ρ) 0.95 0.01 <0.0001 0.87 0.01 <0.0001
Gamma (γ) 0.63 0.01 <0.0001 0.47 0.01 <0.0001
Residual (σ2) 150.77 5.23 <0.0001 108.9 2.42 <0.0001

Females

Effect Estimate S.E. p-value Estimate S.E. p-value

Intercept 104.44 0.53 <0.0001 67 0.47 <0.0001
(Age-40) year 0.49 0.01 <0.0001 0.19 0.01 <0.0001
(Age-40)2 0.01 0 <0.0001 −0.01 0 0.0461
(BMI-20) kg/m2 0.98 0.05 <0.0001 0.76 0.04 <0.0001
(BMI-20)2 −0.01 0 <0.0001 −0.01 0 <.0001
(Height-150) (cm) 0.13 0.01 <0.0001 −0.01 0.01 0.2472
BPMeds −3.67 1.02 0.0003 −2.33 0.96 0.0151

Covariance Parameter Estimates

Covariance Parameters Estimate S.E. p-value Estimate S.E. p-value

Rho (ρ) 0.94 0.01 <0.0001 0.89 0.01 <0.0001
Gamma (γ) 0.62 0.01 <0.0001 0.52 0.01 <0.0001
Residual (σ2) 147.86 4.65 <0.0001 107.7 2.54 <0.0001