Table 2 Hierarchical Linear Models of Quality of Life, Fatigue, Perceived Stress, Natural Killer Cell Activity

Fixed effects:

  Intercept

92.2 (21.5)**

48.1 (4.0)**

16.0 (2.9)

106.9 (38.7)

  Time ^a(linear)

-.74 (.46)

-1.22 (.56)*

-.42 (.39)

-5.00 (3.28)

Intercept:

  Group

4.44 (4.59)

4.62 (3.48)

-.88 (2.50)

-25.86 (33.52)

  Age

0.08 (.29)

.14 (.22)

-.22 (.16)

1.03 (2.14)

  HT

1.25 (5.81)

3.22 (3.39)

-3.19 (3.18)

-7.91 (45.95)

Linear Slope

  Time x Group

1.11 (.56)*

1.11 (.51)*

-.10 (.35)

2.06 (3.04)

  Time x Age

.04 (.04)

.04 (.03)

.01 (.02)

-.18 (.08)

  Time x Anti-Estrogen Therapy

.40 (.83)

.86 (.61)

.10 (.44)

2.97 (3.08)

Variance Components

  In intercept

116.89***

62.89***

31.37***

6514.53***

  In linear slope

1.41**

.48

.10

31.36**