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Table 3 Parameter estimates (95% confidence intervals) for the best-fitting LCS model of weekly alcohol consumption and mental health symptoms in the Whitehall II study a (MCS → Δalcohol model)
| MCS → Δ alcohol model | Age and sex adjusted | Fully adjustedb | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol | MCS | Alcohol | MCS | |
| Fixed effects | ||||
| Intercept | 17.11 (16.69 to 17.53) | 51.54*** (51.28 to 51.79) | 17.58 (16.64 to18.52) | 53.41*** (52.81 to 54.00) |
| Slope (α) | 21.46** (8.50 to 34.43) | 4.96 (-8.62 to 18.54) | 23.31*** (11.00 to 35.62) | 7.20 (-5.55 to 19.96) |
| Autoproportional (β) | -0.50*** (-0.61 to -0.40) | -0.07 (-0.33 to 0.19) | -0.50*** (-0.60 to -0.41) | -0.11 (-0.35 to 0.12) |
| Coupling (γ) | – | -0.30* (-0.53 to -0.06) | – | -0.31** (-0.52 to -0.10) |
| Random effects | ||||
| Residual variance | 35.77*** (34.23 to 37.3) | 35.02*** (33.51 to 36.54) | 35.77*** (34.25 to 37.29) | 34.94*** (33.45 to 36.42) |
| Intercept variance | 177.95*** (170.31 to 185.58) | 46.91*** (43.70 to 50.11) | 144.21*** (137.72 to 150.71) | 39.66*** (36.75 to 42.58) |
| Slope variance | 26.26*** (12.55 to 39.98) | 2.31*** (1.27 to 3.34) | 23.66*** (12.24 to 35.08) | 1.88** (0.81 to 2.95) |
| Intercept/slope correlation | 0.69*** | -0.30 | 0.67*** | -0.12 |
| Intercepts correlation | -0.02 | 0.02 | ||
| Slopes correlation | -0.11 | -0.02 | ||
| Alcohol intercept, MCS slope correlation | -0.05 | -0.06 | ||
