Resistance to care is a dependent variable for specific aim #1 and hypothesis H1 and a mediating variable for specific aim #2 and hypothesis H2.
For Specific Aim 3 the model will include current and previous treatments.
For Specific Aim 1, the variations in physiological measures will be summarized using a hierarchical linear regression model with a random effect for participant.
For Specific Aim 2, the variations in kinetic measures will be summarized using a hierarchical linear regression model with random effects for clinician and for participant nested within clinician.
For Specific Aim 2, the model will include current and past levels of Hba1c and blood glucose, investigating the level above selected thresholds cumulated over the past n years, where n may be between 1 and 5.
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Although each cohort was studied for distinct specific aims, pooling was performed through the use of common methods for recruiting subjects and measuring lead exposure, covariates, and anthropometry, which were deliberately standardized.
They represent resources or means mobilized for reaching specific aims.
However, fast and cheap methods for these specific aims are still lacking.
We developed a data extraction instrument based on checklists used in previous systematic reviews [ 1, 13- 15] but refined for the specific aims of this study.
