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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Exp Anal Behav. 2016 Nov;106(3):242–253. doi: 10.1002/jeab.228

Table 3.

Associations among empirical demand indices, derived demand indices based on the two-part mixed effects model, and smoking variables.

Correlations

Demand
indices
Intensity Omax Pmax Breakpoint α CPD

Empirical Derived Empirical Derived Empirical Derived Empirical Derived

Empirical
intensity
0.92*** 0.31*** 0.30*** −0.03 −0.12*** 0.09*** 0.33*** 0.24*** 0.61***
Derived
intensity
0.30*** 0.30*** −0.07*** −0.13*** 0.06** 0.34*** 0.24*** 0.62***
Empirical
Omax
0.82*** 0.48*** 0.37*** 0.51*** 0.74*** −0.49*** 0.35***
Derived
Omax
0.41*** 0.41*** 0.44*** 0.82*** −0.53*** 0.38***
Empirical
Pmax
0.41*** 0.59*** 0.44*** −0.52*** 0.01
Derived Pmax 0.30*** 0.53*** −0.80*** 0.02
Breakpoint
(empirical)
0.45*** −0.40*** 0.10***
Breakpoint
(derived)
−0.71*** 0.40***
α
(derived)
−0.03
CPD

Comparing two nicotine dependence groups (high vs. low) in terms of demand indices

Intensity Omax Pmax Breakpoint α

Empirical Derived Empirical Derived Empirical Derived Empirical Derived

aT-test or log-
rank test
statistics
15.1*** 16.4*** 90.2*** 90.8*** 8.1** 2.8 30.3*** 10.8*** 0.7

Note: CPD = cigarettes per day.

*

p < .05,

**

p < .01,

***

p < .001

a

T-test was used for intensity and derived breakpoint, and log-rank test was used for Omax, Pmax, and empirical breakpoint.