Table 7.
Test of discriminant validity between controls and patient groups and gender with estimation of the means of aR with a linear model with the discrete factors diagnosis and gender and the steady covariate age
| Conditions of participants | Estimation of the means of aR Total score | 95%-Confidence interval | p-value |
| No chronic condition | 44.8 | 43.7 – 45.8 | |
| Breast cancer | 41.6 | 40.3 – 42.9 | 0.0004 |
| Colorectal cancer | 42.5 | 40.8 – 44.1 | 0.1284 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 41.1 | 39.7 – 42.4 | 0.0002 |
| Rheumatological condition | 41.5 | 39.5 – 43.6 | 0.0304 |
| Coronary heart disease | 42.5 | 40.5 – 44.4 | 0.2645 |
| Hashimoto disease | 43.0 | 41.0 – 44.9 | 0.4827 |
| Multiple conditions | 38.3 | 36.0 – 40.5 | <.0001 |
| Gender: Women Men | 40.5 43.4 | 39.7 – 41.2 42.3 – 44.4 | <.0001 |
| 1) Orthostatic-circulatory aR | |||
| No chronic condition | 17.4 | 16.8 – 18.0 | |
| Breast cancer | 16.7 | 15.9 – 17.4 | 0.4443 |
| Colorectal cancer | 16.5 | 15.5 – 17.4 | 0.4036 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 16.4 | 15.6 – 17.1 | 0.1840 |
| Rheumatological condition | 15.7 | 14.6 – 16.8 | 0.0463 |
| Coronary heart disease | 16.3 | 15.3 – 17.4 | 0.4640 |
| Hashimoto disease | 17.3 | 16.2 – 18.4 | 1.0000 |
| Multiple conditions | 15.4 | 14.2 – 16.7 | 0.0306 |
| Gender: Women Men | 17.4 | 15.1 – 15.9 16.8 – 18.0 | <.0001 |
| 2) Rest/activity aR | |||
| No chronic condition | 19.8 | 19.1 – 20.4 | |
| Breast cancer | 17.5 | 16.7 – 18.2 | <.0001 |
| Colorectal cancer | 18.5 | 17.5 – 19.5 | 0.1695 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 17.6 | 16.8 – 18.4 | 0.0003 |
| Rheumatological condition | 18.4 | 17.2 – 19.6 | 0.2256 |
| Coronary heart disease | 18.7 | 17.5 – 19.9 | 0.5671 |
| Hashimoto disease | 18.9 | 17.8 – 20.1 | 0.7362 |
| Multiple conditions | 16.5 | 15.2 – 17.9 | 0.0001 |
| Gender: Women Men | 17.9 18.5 | 17.9 – 18.4 17.9 – 19.2 | 0.1406 |
| 3) Digestive aR | |||
| No chronic condition | 7.6 | 7.3 – 7.9 | |
| Breast cancer | 7.5 | 7.1 – 7.8 | 0.9917 |
| Colorectal cancer | 7.6 | 7.1 – 8.0 | 1.0000 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 7.1 | 6.7 – 7.5 | 0.2094 |
| Rheumatological condition | 7.5 | 6.9 – 8.0 | 0.9990 |
| Coronary heart disease | 7.4 | 6.9 – 8.0 | 0.9969 |
| Hashimoto disease | 6.8 | 6.2 – 7.3 | 0.0446 |
| Multiple conditions | 6.3 | 5.7 – 6.9 | 0.0020 |
| Gender: Women Men | 7.0 7.4 | 6.8 – 7.2 7.1 – 7.7 | <.0001 |
A Dunnett adaption has been conducted on p-values for the error of first type including lower and upper limits of confidence intervall.