Marginal Log-linear Regression Model for Leprosy Bacilli

Clinical Trial of Antibiotics for Leprosy

 

The GENMOD Procedure

 

Model Information

Data Set

WORK.LEPROSY

Distribution

Poisson

Link Function

Log

Dependent Variable

y

Observations Used

60

 

Class Level Information

Class

Levels

Values

id

30

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

 

Parameter Information

Parameter

Effect

Prm1

Intercept

Prm2

time

Prm3

time*A

Prm4

time*B

 

Criteria For Assessing Goodness Of Fit

Criterion

DF

Value

Value/DF

Deviance

56

207.1667

3.6994

Scaled Deviance

56

207.1667

3.6994

Pearson Chi-Square

56

191.9517

3.4277

Scaled Pearson X2

56

191.9517

3.4277

Log Likelihood

 

712.5948

 

 

Algorithm converged.

 

Analysis Of Initial Parameter Estimates

Parameter

DF

Estimate

Standard Error

Wald 95% Confidence Limits

Chi-Square

Pr > ChiSq

Intercept

1

2.3734

0.0557

2.2641

2.4826

1813.76

<.0001

time

1

0.1362

0.1060

-0.0715

0.3440

1.65

0.1987

time*A

1

-0.8419

0.1643

-1.1639

-0.5198

26.25

<.0001

time*B

1

-0.7013

0.1566

-1.0082

-0.3944

20.06

<.0001

Scale

0

1.0000

0.0000

1.0000

1.0000

 

 

 

NOTE:

The scale parameter was held fixed.

 

GEE Model Information

Correlation Structure

Unstructured

Subject Effect

id (30 levels)

Number of Clusters

30

Correlation Matrix Dimension

2

Maximum Cluster Size

2

Minimum Cluster Size

2

 

Algorithm converged.

 

Working Correlation Matrix

 

Col1

Col2

Row1

1.0000

0.7966

Row2

0.7966

1.0000

 

Analysis Of GEE Parameter Estimates

Empirical Standard Error Estimates

Parameter

Estimate

Standard Error

95% Confidence Limits

Z

Pr > |Z|

Intercept

2.3734

0.0801

2.2163

2.5304

29.62

<.0001

time

-0.0138

0.1573

-0.3222

0.2946

-0.09

0.9300

time*A

-0.5406

0.2186

-0.9690

-0.1122

-2.47

0.0134

time*B

-0.4791

0.2279

-0.9257

-0.0325

-2.10

0.0355

 

Analysis Of GEE Parameter Estimates

Model-Based Standard Error Estimates

Parameter

Estimate

Standard Error

95% Confidence Limits

Z

Pr > |Z|

Intercept

2.3734

0.1035

2.1704

2.5763

22.92

<.0001

time

-0.0138

0.1111

-0.2315

0.2039

-0.12

0.9010

time*A

-0.5406

0.1818

-0.8969

-0.1843

-2.97

0.0029

time*B

-0.4791

0.1779

-0.8278

-0.1303

-2.69

0.0071

Scale

1.8578

.

.

.

.

.

 

NOTE:

The scale parameter for GEE estimation was computed as the square root of the normalized Pearson's chi-square.

 

Wald Statistics For Type 3 GEE Analysis

Source

DF

Chi-Square

Pr > ChiSq

time

1

0.01

0.9300

time*A

1

6.12

0.0134

time*B

1

4.42

0.0355

 

Contrast Results for GEE Analysis

Contrast

DF

Chi-Square

Pr > ChiSq

Type

Drug x Time Interaction

2

6.99

0.0303

Wald