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. 2006 Jul 12;16(6):759–769. doi: 10.1007/s00586-006-0178-9

Table 2.

Contrast estimate results from sway intensities GEE model

Label Estimate ± SE 95% CL χ2 P-value
Between—group differences at different bevel degrees
 Minor SBO vs. Control at 0° 2.5174 ± 0.2016 2.1223 2.9126 155.90 < 0.0001
 Major SBO vs. Control at 0° 3.0112 ± 0.2299 2.5605 3.4619 171.49 < 0.0001
 Minor vs. Major SBO at 0° −0.4938 ± 0.2907 −1.0635 0.0760 2.89 0.0894
 Minor SBO vs. Control at 10° 1.3675 ± 0.2006 0.9744 1.7607 46.48 < 0.0001
 Major SBO vs. Control at 10° 2.4657 ± 0.2838 1.9095 3.0218 75.50 < 0.0001
 Minor vs. Major SBO at 10° −1.0981 ± 0.3451 −1.7745 −0.4218 10.13 0.0015
 Minor SBO vs. Control at 20° 1.3268 ± 0.1788 0.9763 1.6773 55.04 < 0.0001
 Major SBO vs. Control at 20° 2.2714 ± 0.2654 1.7512 2.7916 73.23 < 0.0001
 Minor vs. Major SBO at 20° −0.9446 ± 0.3167 −1.5654 −0.3239 8.90 0.0029
Within—group variations
 Minor SBO, 10° vs. 0° −0.3586 ± 0.1816 −0.7146 −0.0026 3.90 0.0484
 Minor SBO, 20° vs. 0° −0.1383 ± 0.1818 −0.4945 0.2180 0.58 0.4469
 Major SBO, 10° vs. 0° 0.2458 ± 0.2667 −0.2769 0.7684 0.85 0.3567
 Major SBO, 20° vs. 0° 0.3126 ± 0.2696 −0.2157 0.8409 1.34 0.2462
 Control, 10° vs. 0° 0.7913 ± 0.0657 0.6626 0.9200 145.14 < 0.0001
 Control, 20° vs. 0° 1.0524 ± 0.0813 0.8931 1.2117 167.69 < 0.0001

Contrasts and estimates were statistically assessed in the GEE model listed in Table 1 by using SAS 9.13

GEE Generalized estimating equations, SE standard error, CL confidence limits