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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 19.
Published in final edited form as: Stat Med. 2020 Nov 5;40(3):650–667. doi: 10.1002/sim.8794

Table 2.

Summary for patterns and effects of three FPCs

FPCs Patterns Effects
I Constantly below average Early age protective and late age no more protective
II Early decreasing and late increasing Early age harmful and late age risk-neutral
III Increasing at 40 and decreasing at 60 No much effect and equal to average level