Table 6.
Estimated p Values and Effect Sizes for Comparisons of Microglia Morphological Outcomes in the Hypothalamus Among Injury × Time Post-Injury Group Combinations from Generalized Linear Mixed Models With Negative-Binomial or Poisson Error Distributions
Comparison | No. microglia |
No. branches |
Branch length |
No. end-points |
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p value | Effect size | p value | Effect size | p value | Effect size | p value | Effect size | |
Sham 1 DPI vs. TBI 1 DPI | 0.99 | 0.02 | 0.82 | 0.01 | 0.86 | <0.001 | 0.81 | 0.01 |
Sham 1 DPI vs. sham 7 DPI | 0.97 | 0.10 | 0.99 | 0.001 | 0.99 | <0.001 | 0.99 | 0.002 |
Sham 1 DPI vs. sham 25 DPI | 0.21 | 0.36 | 0.83 | 0.01 | 0.99 | <0.001 | 0.25 | 0.1 |
TBI 1 DPI vs. TBI 7 DPI | 0.99 | 0.02 | 0.99 | <0.001 | 0.99 | <0.001 | 0.93 | 0.01 |
TBI 1 DPI vs. TBI 25 DPI | 0.12 | 0.40 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.46 | <0.001 | 0.002 | 0.02 |
Sham 7 DPI vs. TBI 7 DPI | 0.99 | 0.06 | 0.97 | 0.003 | 0.95 | <0.001 | 0.98 | 0.004 |
Sham 7 DPI vs. sham 25 DPI | 0.62 | 0.27 | 0.76 | 0.01 | 0.92 | <0.001 | 0.56 | 0.01 |
TBI 7 DPI vs. TBI 25 DPI | 0.14 | 0.38 | 0.16 | 0.01 | 0.33 | <0.001 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
Sham 25 TBI vs. TBI 25 DPI | 0.99 | 0.05 | 0.99 | <0.001 | 0.99 | <0.001 | 0.99 | 0.002 |
Statistical significance was achieved if p < 0.05, whereas biological significance was achieved if effect size >0.20. Bold values denote biologically important effects.
DPI, days post-injury; TBI, traumatic brain injury.