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Table 1 PGA Confirmatory Factor Analysis

From: A multi-item Physician Global Assessment scale to assess psoriasis disease severity: validation based on four phase III tofacitinib studies

Study

CFIa (constrained paths)

CFIa (unconstrained paths)

 

Difference between path coefficients (constrained vs unconstrained), %

Erythema

Induration

Scaling

OPT Pivotal 1

0.995

0.996

Baseline

−18.1

16.7

4.2

Week 16

0.5

1.9

−1.6

OPT Pivotal 2

0.983

0.995

Baseline

−9.5

18.7*

−5.0

Week 16

−5.5*

5.0

−1.8

OPT Compare

0.988

0.997

Baseline

−16.8*

16.6*

0.6

Week 12

−3.2

5.5

−3.9

OPT Retreatment

0.981

0.994

Baseline

−34.3*

38.9*

0.8

Week 24

−6.0

2.8*

0.9

  1. *p < 0.05 vs zero
  2. aBentler’s Comparative Fit Index (CFI)
  3. PGA Physician Global Assessment