Hi Martin,
Thanks for your reply. I'm not entirely sure what you mean (sorry - I'm new to this!). Do you mean something like this?
For examining an increase between timepoint 1 and 2, but the same between timepoint 2 and 3?
fsid fsid-base years years-to-years
Day1 base 0 0.4
Day2 base 0.4 0.4
Day3 base 0.8 0
All the best,
Jodie
Message: 6
Date: Fri, 09 May 2014 16:52:25 -0400
From: Martin Reuter <mreuter(a)nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
Subject: Re: [Freesurfer] nonlinear models in longitudinal analysis
To: freesurfer(a)nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
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Hi Jodie,
'years' should contain the real time between time points (usually,
unless you have test-retest where time is irrelevant, or different task
that can be ordered as you like). For what you are trying to do you
should use linear mixed effects models with a piecewise linear setup.
This will allow you to estimate a slope before and after timepoint 2 and
compare those slopes.
Your design matrix would probably have the column of 1, years and a
column with
years-years(at tp2 of that subject) if that value is positive
0 otherwise
Testing if the coef of the 3rd column is > 0 is asking if the slope
increases in the second interval. Not exactly what you want, but close
and of course you can test if the slope in interval 1 is different from
zero (second column) and if the slope in interval 2 is different from
zero ( 0 1 1, ie the sum of the last two columns).
Best, Martin
On 05/08/2014 03:48 PM, Jodie Davies-Thompson wrote:
> Dear Freesurfer experts,
>
> I am attempting to do a longitudinal analysis of cortical thickness with 3 timepoints. So far, I have successfully completed the analysis for long_mris_slopes comparing timepoint 1 to timepoint 2, timepoint 2 to timepoint 3, and a linear increase for timepoint 1 to 2 to 3.
>
> However, I am primarily interested in finding regions which show a) an increase between timepoint 1 and 2, but no difference between 2 and 3, and b) no difference between timepoint 1 and 2, but an increase between 2 and 3.
>
> Would the correct way of 'modelling' these two in the qdec file be:
>
> a)
> fsid fsid-base years
> day1 base 0
> day2 base 3
> day3 base 3
>
> and b)
> fsid fsid-base years
> day1 base 0
> day2 base 0
> day3 base 3
>
> All the best,
> Jodie
>
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> Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
> UBC/VGH Eye Care Centre
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> Vancouver, BC, V5Z 3N9
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Jodie Davies-Thompson, Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
UBC/VGH Eye Care Centre
2550 Willow Street
Vancouver, BC, V5Z 3N9
Canada
Tel: 604-875-4111 ext 69003