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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Decis Making. 2009 Jul 27;30(1):45–57. doi: 10.1177/0272989X09341588

Table 6.

Relative impact of treatment characteristics on subjects’ preferences by severity of liver disease

Relative Impact**
Characteristic Mild/No Fibrosis Moderate Fibrosis Severe Fibrosis
Benefit 33 ± 24 51 ± 25* 64 ± 16*
Monitor 7 ± 5 8 ± 6 8 ± 7
Flu 20 ± 11 13 ± 11* 10 ± 7*
Fatigue 21 ± 12 13 ± 10* 9 ± 7*
Depression 19 ± 11 15 ± 15 9 ± 8*
*

p<0.05 compared to Mild/None (least square means adjusted for multiple comparisons using Tukey’s procedure).

**

The relative impact reflect the impact that each characteristic has on subjects’ preferences. The values are proportions that sum to 100.