Table 3:
Longitudinal and diagnostic association between premorbid functioning, descriptive characteristics, and aberrant abstraction
| Analysis Of GEE Parameter Estimates | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameter | Estimate | Standard Error | 95% Confidence Limits | Z | Pr > |Z| | |
| Intercept | 1.0874 | 0.5272 | 0.0541 | 2.1208 | 2.06 | 0.0392 |
| Aberrant abstraction (Index) | 0.3789 | 0.0471 | 0.2867 | 0.4711 | 8.05 | <.0001 |
| Affective Psychosis | −0.1477 | 0.1326 | −0.4075 | 0.1121 | −1.11 | 0.2652 |
| Unipolar Depressed (non-psychotic) | −0.3714 | 0.1353 | −0.6365 | −0.1063 | −2.75 | 0.0060 |
| Schizophrenia | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | . | . |
| Valliant & Stevens Prognostic Index | 0.1959 | 0.1162 | −0.0319 | 0.4237 | 1.69 | 0.0919 |
| Zigler Prognostic Index | 0.2024 | 0.1275 | −0.0476 | 0.4524 | 1.59 | 0.1125 |
| Sex | −0.0756 | 0.1072 | −0.2856 | 0.1344 | −0.71 | 0.4805 |
| Race | −0.1287 | 0.1133 | −0.3507 | 0.0933 | −1.14 | 0.2560 |
| Age | 0.0128 | 0.0127 | −0.0122 | 0.0377 | 1.00 | 0.3156 |
Note: The response variable in this model is aberrant abstraction at follow-up.