Table 5 Type III Analysis of fixed effects for Poisson and NB distribution.
From: Negative binomial mixed models for analyzing longitudinal CD4 count data
Effect | Num DF | Den DF | NB | Poisson | ||
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F value | Pr > F | F value | Pr > F | |||
Time in month | 1 | 235 | 62.53 | < 0.0001 | 14.80 | 0.0002 |
Sqrt_Time | 1 | 234 | 86.36 | < 0.0001 | 48.41 | < 0.0001 |
Baseline BMI category | 3 | 6307 | 6.26 | 0.0003 | 6.31 | 0.0003 |
ART initiation | 1 | 6307 | 345.45 | < 0.0001 | 5890.28 | < 0.0001 |
Baseline VL | 3 | 6307 | 7.48 | < 0.0001 | 12.79 | < 0.0001 |
No. of sexual partners | 2 | 6307 | 1.64 | 0.1935 | 1.85 | 0.1578 |
Age group | 5 | 6307 | 1.46 | 0.1987 | 27.34 | < 0.0001 |
Education level | 1 | 6307 | 0.25 | 0.6196 | 0.15 | 0.6990 |
Place of residence | 1 | 6307 | 0.01 | 0.9246 | 0.11 | 0.7406 |