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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

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  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.