Covariates

Estimate

95% Confidence Interval

GEE

EL

Working Correlation: AR(1)

Gender effect ( ${\hat{β}}_{1}$ )

Chronic effect ( ${\hat{β}}_{2}$ )

Education effect ( ${\hat{β}}_{3}$ )

Age effect ( ${\hat{β}}_{4}$ )

−0.1929

0.1668

−0.4738

0.0308

(−0.313, −0.073)

(0.177, 0.216)

(−0.624, −0.324)

(0.029, 0.033)

(−0.421, 0.020)

(0.094, 0.241)

(−0.768, −0.180)

(0.028, 0.033)

Working Correlation: EQC

Gender effect ( ${\hat{β}}_{1}$ )

Chronic effect ( ${\hat{β}}_{1}$ )

Education effect ( ${\hat{β}}_{3}$ )

Age effect ( ${\hat{β}}_{4}$ )

−0.1772

0.1681

−0.4354

0.0302

(−0.306, −0.048)

(0.115, 0.222)

(−0.597, −0.274)

(0.028, 0.033)

(−0.407, 0.034)

(0.095, 0.237)

(−0.726, −0.146)

(0.027, 0.033)

Working Correlation: MA(1)

Gender effect ( ${\hat{β}}_{1}$ )

Chronic effect ( ${\hat{β}}_{2}$ )

Education effect ( ${\hat{β}}_{3}$ )

Age effect ( ${\hat{β}}_{4}$ )

−0.1922

0.1669

−0.4720

0.0308

(−0.299, −0.086)

(0.123, 0.211)

(−0.605, −0.339)

(0.029, 0.033)

(−0.421, 0.021)

(0.094, 0.241)

(−0.766, −0.179)

(0.028, 0.033)

Working Correlation: Lag

Gender effect ( ${\hat{β}}_{1}$ )

Chronic effect ( ${\hat{β}}_{2}$ )

Education effect ( ${\hat{β}}_{3}$ )

Age effect ( ${\hat{β}}_{4}$ )

−0.1819

0.1677

0.4469

0.0304

(−0.311, −0.053)

(0.114, 0.221)

(−0.608, −0.286)

(0.028, 0.033)

(−0.411, 0.029)

(0.095, 0.238)

(−0.738, −0.156)

(0.027, 0.033)