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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Infant Behav Dev. 2008 Sep 7;31(4):614–623. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2008.07.004

Table 4.

Displays of Behavioral Responses During the Blood Draw and Recovery Period

YGABt1 vs. OGAB YGABt2 vs. OGAB YGABt1 vs. YGABt2

Estimate(SE) 95% CI Estimate(SE) 95% CI Estimate(SE) 95% CI

Extension/Stress Behaviors
  Step 1: Main Effects
    Prior blood draws −.05(.25) −.53, .44 −.37(.21)+ −.78, .03 .02(.23) −.42, .47
    Baseline extension .51(.25)* .02, 1.00 .15(.18) −.21, .51 .26(.28) −.29, .80
    Length of blood draw .18(.06)*** .07, .30 .23(.07)*** .10, .37 .23(.06)*** .12, .34
    Infant sex (0 = Male) −1.93(1.54) −4.95, 1.09 2.02(1.87) −1.65, 5.68 −2.59(2.26) −7.02, 1.84
    Period (0 = Event) −4.37(1.31)*** −6.94, −1.80 −7.53(2.34)*** 12.11, −2.95 −5.91(2.68)* −11.15, −.66
    GA group (0 = YGAB)a −1.34(1.56) −4.39, 1.71 −3.12(2.82) −8.66, 2.41 −.62(3.23) −6.95, 5.72
  Step 2: Interactions
    GA × Period −2.40(2.60) −7.50, 2.69 4.52(4.64) −4.58, 13.61 −7.68(5.29) −18.06, 2.69

  Flexion/Self-soothing Behaviors
  Step 1: Main Effects
    Prior blood draws .31(.19) −.06, .68 −.24(.13)+ −.49, .01 −.03(.13) −.28, .23
    Baseline flexion −.03(.11) −.25, .19 .02(.14) −.25, .29 .05(.14) −.22, .33
    Length of blood draw .27(.04)*** .18, .35 .13(.04)** .04, .21 .20(.04)*** .13, .27
    Infant sex (0 = Male) 1.53(1.15) −.72, 3.78 −.09(1.17) −2.37, 2.19 .64(1.44) −2.17, 3.46
    Period (0 = Event) −.14(.90) −1.91, 1.63 −.31(1.24) −2.76, 2.14 −1.73(1.25) −4.18, .73
    GA group (0 = YGAB)a 1.41(1.15) −.85, 3.66 1.15(1.76) −2.29, 4.59 −1.94(1.93) −5.73, 1.85
  Step 2: Interactions
    GA × Period −1.12(1.80) −2.40, 4.65 4.54(2.18)* .28, 8.81 −4.07(2.47)+ −8.92, .78
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p < .10

*

p < .05

**

p < .01

***

p < .001

a

For the YGABt1 vs. YGABt2 c006Fmparisons, 0 = Time 1 and 1 = Time 2.