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. 2005 Nov 12;331(7525):1121. doi: 10.1136/bmj.38632.611123.AE

Table 3.

Change in variance in practices' quality scores 1998-2003

Pitman's t test of correlated variances
Condition SD; range in 1998 SD; range in 2003 t df P value
Coronary heart disease (41 practices) 9.68; 37.36-75.67 11.10; 44.8-94.8 0.84 39 0.41
Asthma (42 practices) 16.47; 20.6-85.5 15.93; 35.8-96.6 −0.23 40 0.82
Diabetes (42 practices) 13.74; 35.0-88.9 11.44; 43.2-93.4 −1.34 40 0.19