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Table 3 Goodness-of-fit statistics for the SF-12 mental health (MH) and physical health (PH) sub-scales with and without correlated residual variances, stratified by type of joint replacement

From: Differential item functioning of the SF-12 in a population-based regional joint replacement registry

Model

Joint Type

RMSEA (90% CI)

CFI

TLI

WRMR

MH Sub-scale

 No residual variance correlations

THA

0.22 (0.21, 0.23)

0.97

0.94

4.77

TKA

0.21 (0.21, 0.22)

0.97

0.95

5.18

 With residual variance correlations: items M1 and M2, M3 and M5

THA

0.15 (0.14, 0.15)

0.99

0.97

2.47

TKA

0.14 (0.13, 0.15)

0.99

0.98

2.76

 With residual variance correlations: items M1 and M2, M3 and M5, M3 and M4, M4 and M6

THA

0.05 (0.04, 0.07)

1.00

1.00

0.62

TKA

0.03 (0.02, 0.04)

1.00

1.00

0.38

PH Sub-scale

 No residual variance correlations

THA

0.19 (0.18, 0.20)

0.98

0.97

4.49

TKA

0.15 (0.14, 0.15)

0.98

0.97

3.95

 With residual correlations: items P2 and P3, P4 and P5

THA

0.03 (0.02, 0.04)

1.00

1.00

0.61

TKA

0.02 (0.01, 0.03)

1.00

1.00

0.52

  1. THA Total hip arthroplasty, TKA Total knee arthroplasty, RMSEA Root mean square error of approximation, CFI Comparative fit index, TLI Tucker-Lewis index, WRMR Weighted root mean square residual, CI Confidence interval; values in boldface font represent the fit statistics for the best-fitting models