1) You don't include sex as a covariate. Include it as a class (ie, Class Male and Class Female rather than Class Main). 2) You need to include Minutes in your null hypothesis. 3) Include minutes as a covariate as you have done, then create the proper contrast matrix. The contrast matrix will depend on the classes you set up

You can also see https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/FsgdExamples

On 6/1/16 9:03 AM, jahanvi patel wrote:

Dear list,

We have a question about the set up of the FSGD file.

We have 1 group, 2 continued covariates (age & mintues), 1 discontinued covariate (sex)

GroupDescriptorFile 1 Title G1V3 Class Main Variables Age Sex Minutes Input subject1 Main 30 0 1200 Input subject2 Main 40 1 180

My question is

1. How to enter the column "sex" in FSGD.

Can I input 1 for Male and 0 for Female?

2. What would be the Main Contrast (regress out effect of sex & age)?

(Null Hypothesis: the intercept/offset is different than 0 after regressing out the effects of age and sex)

3. If I want to correlate the continued variable (minutes) with the

Thickness, is it correct in this way ? :

0 0 0 1

Thanks so much

Jahanvi

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