Re: st: xtreg or xtmixed?

[Maarten Buis <maartenlbuis@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Johan van der Watt wrote:
> I created dummy variables for visit (visit 1/baseline as ref), then
> created variables for the interaction with neuropathy:
> gen neu_vis2= neuropathy*visit2
> gen neu_vis3=neuropathy*visit3
>
> I then added them to my -xtreg- syntax:
> .xtreg cd4_ neuropathy visit neu_vis2 neu_vis3, i(patientno) mle

You need to include visit2 and visit3 to and leave visit out. The
effects of visit2 and visit 3 tells you how visit 2 and visit 3 are
different from visit 0 for non-neuropathy persons. The effects of
neu_vis2 and neu_vis3 tells you how these effects of time differs for
neuropathy persons from non-neuropathy persons. By adding visit you
are assuming a linear effect of time for non-neuropathy patients and a
non-linear effect for neuropathy patients, which you don't want.

Better yet, use -i.visit##i.neuropathy- instead of making your own
dummies and interactions.

-- Maarten

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