Table 4 The trajectory profiles of longitudinal mean deviation (MD) and visual acuity (VA) across latent classes, after accounting for other baseline demographic and clinical characteristics
From: Estimating correlation between multivariate longitudinal data in the presence of heterogeneity
Parameters | N (%) | MD | VA |
|---|---|---|---|
Intercept: | |||
Class1 (reference) | 83 (31%) | 0.08 ± 0.21 | 54.66 ± 0.97 |
Class2 | 117 (43%) | −1.73 ± 0.23# | 52.94 ± 1.08 |
Class3 | 53 (20%) | −3.11 ± 0.28# | 52.89 ± 1.33 |
Class4 | 16 (6%) | −8.42 ± 0.45# | 48.15 ± 2.17# |
Slope: | |||
Class1 (reference) | 83 (31%) | −0.08 ± 0.05 | −0.33 ± 0.17 |
Class2 | 117 (43%) | −0.15 ± 0.06 | −0.35 ± 0.23 |
Class3 | 53 (20%) | −0.54 ± 0.07# | −0.86 ± 0.26* |
Class4 | 16 (6%) | −2.04 ± 0.13# | −3.37 ± 0.47# |