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Table 2
Parameter estimates for growth curve models of HUI3 over age for men and women aged 40 or older in 1994/1995, Canada excluding territories
| Model 1 (household only) | Model 2 (household and institutions) | Model 3 (household, institutions and deceased) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | |||||||
| Estimate | t-value | Estimate | t-value | Estimate | t-value | Estimate | t-value | Estimate | t-value | Estimate | t-value | |
| Fixed effects | ||||||||||||
| Intercept | 0.918722 | 119.99 | 0.911904 | 88.48 | 0.926754 | 115.00 | 0.917889 | 80.47 | 0.926585 | 106.95 | 0.921052 | 95.97 |
| Age | -0.005125 | -3.75 | -0.009304 | -4.69 | -0.007832 | -5.55 | -0.01138 | -5.61 | -0.008415 | -4.91 | -0.012727 | -6.76 |
| Age squared | 0.000279 | 3.62 | 0.000502 | 5.02 | 0.000483 | 6.00 | 0.000664 | 6.71 | 0.000548 | 5.38 | 0.000768 | 8.05 |
| Age cubed | -0.000007 | -5.96 | -0.00001 | -6.95 | -0.000011 | -8.53 | -0.000013 | -9.35 | -0.000015 | -8.96 | -0.000016 | -11.89 |
| Random effects | ||||||||||||
| Variance intercept | 0.010974 | 5.68 | 0.01718 | 8.75 | 0.017049 | 3.11 | 0.032053 | 3.46 | 0.007577 | 3.40 | 0.015725 | 7.79 |
| Variance age | 0.000028 | 8.74 | 0.000022 | 7.43 | 0.000052 | 5.05 | 0.000058 | 4.25 | 0.000054 | 11.51 | 0.000034 | 10.43 |
| Note: All reported estimates are significant at the 0.001 level. t-values (estimate/standard error of estimate) are reported instead of standard error to reduce number of digits in table. Age is centered on age 40. Source: 1994/1995 to 2004/2005 National Population Health Survey. Table source: Statistics Canada, 2009, "The natural history of health-related quality of life: A 10-year cohort study", Health Reports, Vol. 20, No. 1, catalogue number 82-003-X. |
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