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. 2021 Sep 16;18:125. doi: 10.1186/s12966-021-01184-x

Table 2.

Different measurement error scenarios described in terms of Eqs. (3) and (4) where zij is true intake for participant i at time j. yij is zij measured with error

Type of Model in terms of Varying sim Varying sim
Measurement Equations (2.3) and (2.4) parameters parameters
Error (bias) (variance)
Classical ME yij=zij+δij NA NA
Systematic ME (non-DME) yij=γ0+γ2zij+δij NA NA
DME w.r.t. time yij=γ0+γ2zij+γ3(zij×tij)+δij γ3 λ2
DME w.r.t. tx yij=γ0+γ1(di×tij)+γ2zij γ4 λ3
+ γ4(zij×tij×di)+δij
DME w.r.t. time and tx yij=γ0+γ1(di×tij)+γ2zij γ3,γ4 λ2,λ3
+ γ3(zij×tij)
+ γ4(zij×tij×di)+δij

Abbreviations: ME measurement error; DME differential measurement error; w.r.t. with respect to; tx treatment