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Table 6 Regression models for discriminant coefficients as a function of duration of illness

From: Illness progression in chronic fatigue syndrome: a shifting immune baseline

Regression Model

 

Intercept β0

β1 (years ill)

β2 (years ill 2)

R2

F

p

IL-1a coefficient

α1

3.42 (2.80, 4.04)

−0.75 (−0.97, −0.52)

0.04 (0.02, 0.06)

0.347

38.980

0.000

IL-6 coefficient

α2

−4.11 (−4.80, −3.43)

1.31 (1.06, 1.56)

−0.07 (−0.09, −0.05)

0.573

98.510

0.000

IL-8 coefficient

α3

5.84 (4.95, 6.73)

−1.71 (−2.04, −1.38)

0.09 (0.07, 0.12)

0.573

98.504

0.000

Constant term

α0

−2.56 (−3.00, −2.12)

0.45 (0.29, 0.62)

−0.02 (−0.04, −0.01)

0.310

32.986

0.000

  1. () indicates the 95 % confidence interval
  2. R2 is Pearson correlation coefficient and p is the null probability of the F statistic