Table 3

Structure of the raw data when the baseline response is taken as a baseline covariate

Response
Time
Response at t 0

Covariates l = 1, ... p
Baseline values of the time dependent covariates l = 1, ....q
Time dependent covariates l = 1, ....q

yi1

ti1

yi0

...xi0l....

...zi0l...

...zi1l...

yi2

ti2

yi0

...xi0l....

...zi0l...

...zi2l...

yi3

ti3

yi0

...xi0l....

...zi0l...

...zi3l...

yi4

ti4

yi0

...xi0l....

...zi0l...

...zi4l...

yi5

ti5

yi0

...xi0l....

...zi0l...

...zi5l...

yi6

ti6

yi0

...xi0l...

...zi0l...

...zi6l...


Carrière and Bouyer BMC Medical Research Methodology 2002 2:15   doi:10.1186/1471-2288-2-15