A study is conducted to determine if gender (0=female; 1= male) is associated with a diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (t2dm: 0= absent; 1=present) on a group of patients, controlling for age. Results table are shown as below: Analysis of Maximum Likelihood Estimates   Estimate     Standard Error    Test statistic p-value Exp(B) Intercept -12.77      1.9759       41.8176        <.0001 ---------------- Gender 0.41 0.124    10.9799        0.0009 1.5 Age 0.0948      0.0305        9.6883        0.0019 1.09 What type of model is this, and why is this type of analysis appropriate in this case? Also, describe the finding: is gender associated with diagnosis of t2dm, why or why not (provide the test statistic and p-value)? Interpret the coefficient for gender and age.

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A study is conducted to determine if gender (0=female; 1= male) is associated with a diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (t2dm: 0= absent; 1=present) on a group of patients, controlling for age. Results table are shown as below:

Analysis of Maximum Likelihood Estimates

 

Estimate    

Standard Error   

Test statistic

p-value

Exp(B)

Intercept

-12.77     

1.9759      

41.8176       

<.0001

----------------

Gender

0.41

0.124   

10.9799       

0.0009

1.5

Age

0.0948     

0.0305       

9.6883       

0.0019

1.09

What type of model is this, and why is this type of analysis appropriate in this case? Also, describe the finding: is gender associated with diagnosis of t2dm, why or why not (provide the test statistic and p-value)? Interpret the coefficient for gender and age. 

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