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. 2019 Aug 14;59(3):594–602. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kez303

Table 2.

Fixed effects for models of change in FM total scores, non-surgical pain, and Symptom Severity Index

Variable Estimate s.e. df t P
FM total scores
    Intercept 5.997 1.055 173.4 5.685 <0.001
    Time −0.016 0.141 369.5 −0.114 0.910
    Time2 1.071 0.159 426.5 6.756 <0.001
    Age −0.011 0.016 147 −0.675 0.501
    Surgical cohort (hip) −0.250 0.317 148 −0.787 0.432
    Group (improve) −0.018 0.514 239 −0.034 0.973
    Time×Group −1.432 0.170 369.1 −8.402 <0.001
    Time2×Group −0.394 0.192 426.1 −2.059 0.040
Non-surgical site pain
    Intercept 3.283 0.993 179.1 3.306 0.001
    Time −0.065 0.171 149.3 −0.377 0.706
    Time2 0.547 0.159 280.96 3.442 0.001
    Age −0.017 0.014 145.51 −1.177 0.241
    Surgical cohort (hip) 0.586 0.296 146.59 1.983 0.049
    Group (improve) −0.195 0.513 225 −0.381 0.704
    Time×Group −0.810 0.207 149.02 −3.908 <0.001
    Time2×Group −0.008 0.192 280.54 −0.044 0.965
Symptom Severity Index
    Intercept 3.881 0.818 169.1 4.746 <0.001
    Time 0.149 0.101 385.4 1.468 0.143
    Time2 0.699 0.114 427.6 6.109 <0.001
    Age −0.004 0.012 146.4 −0.328 0.743
    Surgical cohort (hip) −0.571 0.248 147.3 −2.307 0.022
    Group (Improve) 0.284 0.383 234.5 0.743 0.458
    Time×Group −1.035 0.123 385.1 −8.441 <0.001
    Time2×Group −0.369 0.138 427.3 −2.671 0.008

The quadratic time variable was centred. DF: degrees of freedom.