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Psychological distress is a standardised variable (Mean (M) = 0, Standard deviation (SD) = 1) so the odds ratios in this analysis can be interpreted as increased odds of engaging in risk behaviour associated with a 1 SD increase in psychological distress.
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Systolic blood pressure was thus standardised for age and gender to create SD scores and all analyses for systolic blood pressure were run with the standardised variable.
There were no significant differences between males and females for systolic or diastolic blood pressure at age 12. Again, systolic blood pressure was standardised for age and gender to create SD scores and all analyses for systolic blood pressure were run with the standardised variable.
To smooth each of these six standardised variables, a 3-week (21-day) moving average (eg, a datum for 21 July would represent the average of all days between 1 and 21 July, a datum for 22 July would represent the average of all days between 2 and 22 July, etc) was used.
In order to interpret the standardised variables a priori, unstandardized regression coefficients (B) [ 37] are presented in Tables 3.> -wrap-foot> Note.
In order to construct the raw score, the tool uses a linear combination of the standardised variables that have been entered in the calculator.
Carrying out the same analysis (using standardised variables) in a SEM package (AMOS 4.0 [ 13]) I find that the estimated correlation is -0.049, with a standard error of 0.06, and an associated probability value of 0.422.
The use of a common mean and SD for standardised variables at two time points ensures that changes in the score can vary from zero.
The DHS provides data with standardised variables across surveys.
The Q-Score was computed as the sum of all five standardised variables.
The degree of association between variables was indexed by the regression coefficient computed on the standardised variables.
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