Table 3 Parameter estimates of multiple-group analysis of longitudinal height data for Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam
From: Analysis of heterogeneous growth changes in longitudinal height of children
Group | Parameter | Estimate | SE | CR | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ethiopia | Intercept (\(\alpha\)) | 71.376 | 0.136 | 524.896 | *** |
Rate of change (\(\beta\)) | 6.105 | 0.013 | 465.808 | *** | |
Random intercept variance (\(\psi_{\alpha \alpha }\)) | 12.569 | 0.938 | 13.397 | *** | |
Random slope variance (\(\psi_{\beta \beta }\)) | 0.112 | 0.01 | 10.944 | *** | |
Covariance (\(\psi_{\alpha \beta }\)) | 0.061 | 0.08 | 0.762 | 0.446 | |
India | Intercept (\(\alpha\)) | 72.15 | 0.122 | 590.749 | *** |
Rate of change (\(\beta\)) | 5.984 | 0.013 | 463.608 | *** | |
Random intercept variance (\(\psi_{\alpha \alpha }\)) | 12.663 | 0.748 | 16.936 | *** | |
Random slope variance (\(\psi_{\beta \beta }\)) | 0.087 | 0.009 | 9.349 | *** | |
Covariance (\(\psi_{\alpha \beta }\)) | 0.116 | 0.067 | 1.732 | 0.083 | |
Peru | Intercept (\(\alpha\)) | 71.768 | 0.12 | 597.644 | *** |
Rate of change (\(\beta\)) | 6.129 | 0.012 | 528.918 | *** | |
Random intercept variance (\(\psi_{\alpha \alpha }\)) | 12.945 | 0.799 | 16.194 | *** | |
Random slope variance (\(\psi_{\beta \beta }\)) | 0.051 | 0.008 | 6.386 | *** | |
Covariance (\(\psi_{\alpha \beta }\)) | 0.463 | 0.063 | 7.418 | *** | |
Vietnam | Intercept (\(\alpha\)) | 72.399 | 0.108 | 669.674 | *** |
Rate of change (\(\beta\)) | 6.192 | 0.011 | 542.145 | *** | |
Random intercept variance (\(\psi_{\alpha \alpha }\)) | 13.341 | 0.624 | 21.386 | *** | |
Random slope variance (\(\psi_{\beta \beta }\)) | 0.077 | 0.007 | 10.554 | *** | |
Covariance (\(\psi_{\alpha \beta }\)) | 0.51 | 0.052 | 9.78 | *** |