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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: First Lang. 2018 Jun 13;38(5):520–537. doi: 10.1177/0142723718782634

Table 2.

Summary of results from mixed-effects linear regression models for overall and relative frequency of first- and second-person pronouns.

Coefficient Std. Error DF t-value p-value
Overall frequency of first-person pronouns
(Intercept) 0.060 0.010 172 5.80 0.0000
risk group (HR vs. LR) 0.026 0.014 16 1.80 0.091
age (days) 0.000089 0.000047 172 1.91 0.058
risk group × age interaction −0.000068 0.000061 172 −1.11 0.27
Overall frequency of second-person pronouns
(Intercept) 0.21 0.027 172 7.89 0.0000
risk group (HR vs. LR) 0.074 0.038 16 1.96 0.067
age (days) 0.000085 0.00011 172 0.81 0.42
risk group × age interaction −0.00015 0.00014 172 −1.09 0.28
Relative frequency of first-person pronouns
(Intercept) 0.69 0.058 166 11.92 0.0000
risk group (HR vs. LR) 0.038 0.080 16 0.48 0.64
age (days) −0.00033 0.00026 166 −1.25 0.21
risk group × age interaction −0.0000158 0.00034 166 −0.047 0.96
Relative frequency of second-person pronouns
(Intercept) 0.74 0.030 172 24.45 0.0000
risk group (HR vs. LR) 0.13 0.043 16 3.09 0.0070*
age (days) 0.00010 0.00013 172 0.78 0.44
risk group × age interaction −0.00024 0.00018 172 −1.38 0.17