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. 2016 Aug 5;18(3):428–440. doi: 10.1093/pm/pnw180

Table 2.

List of clinical and imaging covariates that are associated with changes in total cortical volume [24]. Models #2 and #4 in Table 1 control for these covariates. The definition for each covariate includes its type and range

Variable Type Range
Age Continuous 23 yo–67 yo
Ethnicity Nominal See Table 3
Gender Binary See Table 3
Log-cerebral vault Continuous 13.5–14.3
Scanner (# of scanners at site) Nominal
  • Univ Wash (1 scanner)

  • Univ Texas (1 scanner)

  • Hopkins (1 scanner)

  • New York (2 scanners)

  • UCSD (2 scanners)

D-drug* ever Nominal
  • 1 = current

  • 2 = past

  • 3 = never

Inhalant abuse ever Binary Yes or no
Methamphetamine abuse ever Binary Yes or no
Global deficit score Continuous 0–3.47
*

D-drug = dideoxynucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors.