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. 2012 Dec 26;12:620. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-12-620

Table 2.

CEC, V-CEC, CEP trends within and among the chemotherapy courses

Trends within chemotherapy course
 
Outcome measurement Time point Coefficient (cells/μL) 95% CI p value  
CEC
start of CT
reference
 
 
 
 
1st wk of CT
−2.924
(-4.93,−0.92)
< 0.01
 
 
after 1st wk of CT
−0.909
(-2.80,0.98)
0.35
 
 
before 1st CT
−5.848
(-9.83,−1.86)
< 0.01
 
V-CEC
start of CT
reference
 
 
 
 
1st wk of CT
−2.289
(-3.86,−0.72)
< 0.01
 
 
after 1st wk of CT
−0.996
(-2.56,0.57)
0.21
 
 
before 1st CT
−4.014
(-7.29,−0.73)
0.02
 
CEP
start of CT
reference
 
 
 
 
1st wk of CT
−0.366
(-0.58,−0.15)
< 0.01
 
 
after 1st wk of CT
−0.295
(-0.47,−0.12)
< 0.01
 
Trends among courses of chemotherapy
 
Measurement
Terms
Coefficient (cells/μL)
95% CI
p value
 
CEC
Linear
−0.609
(-1.12,-0.10)
0.02
 
V-CEC
Linear
−0.288
(-0.72,0.15)
0.19
 
CEP
Linear
0.194
(0.03,0.36)
0.02
 
  Quadratic −0.03 (-0.06,0.01) 0.02