Dear Kersten,

I have a question about LME model. After I acquired p value, could I know
which group is bigger?

Thanks,
Lanbo

On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 12:13 AM, lanbo Wang <drram...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Kersten,
>
> Thanks a lot, it's really help. I have another question, after I got
> results that two group have significant, then how could I get direction?
>
> Thanks,
> Lanbo
>
> On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 5:40 PM, Diers, Kersten /DZNE <
> kersten.di...@dzne.de> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> On Di, 2018-03-13 at 21:48 +0100, lanbo Wang wrote:
>> > Dear Kersten,
>> >
>> > Thanks, I find it. And I have other questions:
>> > 1. The intercepts all set as one, so in this model it doesn't
>> > separate different subjects, or can say no individual subject change
>> > rate?
>>
>> If I understood correctly, the question is whether or not we can get
>> estimates for individual slopes across time?
>>
>> If so, then yes, that's possible - but I'd have to run an analysis
>> myself and look up how to do it exactly - I'll get back on this.
>>
>> > 2. Should we set age according to different timepoint, or just use
>> > baseline age?
>>
>> It's better to use age at baseline.
>>
>> One of the nice things of the LME is that it can separate the cross-
>> sectional effect of age (at baseline) and the longitudinal effect of
>> aging (=effect of time). So the aging effect is already incorporated
>> within the 'time since baseline' variable, which of course should also
>> be present in the model.
>>
>> Since it is difficult to estimate and interpret effects that are very
>> redundant (such as time vs age at each timepoint), it's better to just
>> use age at baseline for the other regressor.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Kersten
>>
>> > Thanks,
>> > Lanbo
>> >
>> > On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 3:34 PM, Diers, Kersten /DZNE <Kersten.Diers@
>> > dzne.de<mailto:kersten.di...@dzne.de>> wrote:
>> > Hello Lanbo,
>> >
>> > the univariate example data can actually be downloaded from the LME
>> > tutorial website:
>> >
>> > Search for: "An optional sample dataset which can be used to become
>> > familiar with the LME Matlab tools can be found here". The linked
>> > tar.gz archive contains two folders, one for the univariate and one
>> > for
>> > the mass-univariate example data.
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> >
>> > Kersten
>> >
>> > On Di, 2018-03-13 at 13:38 +0100, lanbo Wang wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Dear Experts,
>> > >
>> > > Hi,
>> > > There is no example detail on website of LME tutorial. I have some
>> > > question about it.
>> > > Could you send me the table of ADNI univariate example data?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Thanks,
>> > > Lanbo
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