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. 2011 Aug 17;4:321–327. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S23028

Table 1.

Mean, standard deviation, and minimum and maximum values of slope at 0 and 10 minutes and the change in slope over 10 minutes, for each segment on each pillow

N Slope time 0
N Slope time 10
Slope change
Mean SD Min Max Mean SD Min Max Mean SD
EOP-C2
Polyester 95 −0.097 0.176 −0.485 0.476 95 −0.101 0.201 −0.634 0.467 −0.008 0.151
Foam regular 95 −0.173 0.169 −0.594 0.304 94 −0.164 0.193 −0.640 0.514 0.011 0.098
Foam contour 95 −0.160 0.168 −0.611 0.238 93 −0.160 0.184 −0.630 0.270 0.004 0.089
Feather 92 −0.064 0.173 −0.545 0.423 91 −0.070 0.175 −0.478 0.400 −0.004 0.099
Latex 94 −0.147 0.184 −0.694 0.385 93 −0.133 0.177 −0.541 0.346 0.015 0.099
Significance of pillow effect P < 0.0001 P= 0.002 P =0.558
C2-C4
Polyester 95 −0.037 0.223 −0.636 0.652 95 −0.047 0.198 −0.727 0.353 −0.009 0.143
Foam regular 94 −0.118 0.218 −0.800 0.500 94 −0.105 0.214 −0.700 0.500 0.012 0.129
Foam contour 94 −0.144 0.218 −0.900 0.278 94 −0.152 0.219 −0.909 0.313 −0.008 0.143
Feather 92 0.015 0.199 −0.462 0.438 91 0.010 0.213 −0.727 0.412 −0.005 0.113
Latex 93 −0.102 0.244 −1.111 0.438 93 −0.098 0.216 −1.000 0.533 0.004 0.130
Significance of pillow effect P <0.0001 P < 0.0001 P =0.076
C4-C7
Polyester 95 0.008 0.264 −0.647 0.722 94 0.012 0.271 −0.882 0.654 0.004 0.146
Foam regular 94 −0.037 0.263 −0.765 0.563 94 −0.036 0.275 −0.677 0.706 0.001 0.162
Foam contour 94 −0.088 0.269 −0.765 0.625 93 −0.120 0.269 −0.714 0.600 −0.030 0.117
Feather 92 0.052 0.268 −0.476 0.875 91 0.046 0.282 −0.633 0.833 −0.006 0.145
Latex 93 −0.043 0.282 −1.000 0.864 93 −0.041 0.303 −1.118 0.905 0.003 0.133
Significance of pillow effect P=0.001 P= 0.001 P= 0.91
C7-T3
Polyester 95 −0.285 0.162 −0.656 0.322 94 −0.282 0.171 −0.600 0.345 0.006 0.077
Foam regular 94 −0.299 0.151 −0.556 0.063 94 −0.305 0.289 −0.674 0.167 −0.006 0.234
Foam contour 94 −0.329 0.161 −0.760 0.155 93 −0.333 0.161 −0.741 0.288 −0.0002 0.060
Feather 92 −0.275 0.177 −0.608 0.439 91 −0.253 0.018 −0.604 0.230 0.024 0.472
Latex 93 −0.298 0.181 −0.750 0.234 93 −0.289 0.178 −0.722 0.2679 0.009 0.092
Significance of pillow effect P = 0.23 P = 0.03 P = 0.13

Notes: The P values for pillow effect per segment for Time 0 and Time 10, and for the slope change between time periods, are reported as P values; significant P values are bold.

Abbreviations: N, number; SD, standard deviation.