Table 6.
Adjusted effect of various Mn sources on (log-transformed) Tremor Intensity, semiparametric (GAM) model
| Estimate | SE | z value | Pr(>|t|) | |
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| (Intercept) | −2.2765 | 0.0346 | −65.817 | 0.0000 |
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| Gender (M Vs F) | 0.2564 | 0.0413 | 6.213 | <0.0001 |
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| Smoking habit | 0.4172 | 0.1886 | 2.213 | 0.0279 |
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| Alcohol consumption | −0.0153 | 0.1130 | −0.135 | 0.8924 |
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| Mn Air | 0.0004 | 0.0005 | 0.928 | 0.3541 |
| Mn Hair (non parametric) | 0.2089 | 0.0813 | 2.569 | 0.0108 |
| Approximate significance of smooth terms | ||||
| Edf | Ref.df | F | p-value | |
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| Mn Soil | 2.584 | 3.264 | 2.140 | 0.0903 |
| Mn Blood | 7.625 | 8.529 | 2.749 | 0.0053 |