Skip to main content

Table 4 Latent class analysis

From: Physical function and severe side effects matter most to patients with RA (< 5 years): a discrete choice experiment assessing preferences for personalized RA treatment

Attribute levels

Class 1 estimate (SE)

P value

CI

RI

Class 2 estimate (SE)

P value

CI

RI

Increase in physical functional capacity

   

0.50

   

1

 25% improvement (refa)

 50% improvement

1.0 (0.68)

N/Ab

-0.33 – 2.32

 

1.98 (0.48)

 < 0.01

1.04 – 2.92

 

 75% improvement

2.08 (0.70)

 < 0.01

0.71 – 4.45

 

2.95 (0.52)

 < 0.01

1.93 – 3.97

 

 100% improvement

2.36 (0.81)

 < 0.01

0.76 – 3.94

 

3.81 (0.60)

 < 0.01

2.62 – 4.98

 

Increase in psychosocial functional capacity

   

0.10

   

0.36

25% improvement (ref)

 50% improvement

0.11 (0.42)

N/A

-0.71 – 0.94

 

0.68 (0.25)

 < 0.01

0.19 – 1.16

 

 75% improvement

-0.12 (0.41)

N/A

-0.92 – 0.67

 

1.12 (0.29)

 < 0.01

0.56 – 1.68

 

 100% improvement

0.45 (0.44)

N/A

-0.41 – 1.30

 

1.36 (0.27)

 < 0.01

0.82 – 1.89

 

Frequency of mild side effects

   

0.13

   

0.34

Low (ref)

 Medium

-0.13 (0.28

N/A

-0.68 – 0.40

 

-0.46 (0.16)

 < 0.01

-0–77 – (-0.14)

 

 High

-0.61 (0.31)

 < 0.05

-1.21 – (-0.00)

 

-1.29 (0.21)

 < 0.01

-1.69 – (-0.88)

 

Likelihood of severe side effects

   

1

   

0.31

Rare: 1 in 1,000 (ref)

 Common: 1 in 100

-0.94 (0.42)

 < 0.05

-1.76 – (-0.11)

 

-0.38 (0.23)

N/A

-0.83 – 0.07

 

 Very common: 1 in 10

-4.69 (1.09)

 < 0.01

-6.82 – (-2.56)

 

-1.17 (0.31)

 < 0.01

-1.77 – (-0.07)

 

 Average class probability

43

   

57

   
  1. aReference category
  2. bN/A: not applicable