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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Anesthesiology. 2013 Mar;118(3):611–621. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e318281592d

Table 2. Statistical Tables.

Model 1 (Fixed Effect Tests and Least Square Means)
Source df Denominator df F ratio p - value

Drug 2 83.2 13.43 <.0001
Outcome: Pain Rating Change (Sedation – Baseline)
Drug Level Least Square Means Std Error

Dexmedetomidine −0.253 0.168
Midazolam 0.762 0.171
Propofol −0.346 0.159
Model 2 (Fixed Effect Tests)
Source df Denominator df F ratio p - value

Drug 2 73 12.5734 <.0001
Race 1 73 1.4984 0.2248
Gender 1 73 0.1301 0.7193
Race*Gender 1 73 0.0194 0.8897
Model 3 (Fixed Effect Tests and Gender Least Square Means)
Source df Denominator df F ratio p - value

Gender 1 78.58 7.0209 0.0097
Type 3 2283 116.8159 <.0001
Gender*Type 3 2283 2.4014 0.0659
Outcome: Baseline Pain Rating Change
Gender Level Least Square Means Std Error

Female 3.375 0.244
Male 2.443 0.253
Model 4 (Fixed Effect Tests and Race Least Square Means)
Source df Denominator df F ratio p - value

Race 1 78.49 2.6714 0.1062
Type 3 2283 113.7568 <.0001
Race*Type 3 2283 0.4281 0.7329
Outcome: Baseline Pain Rating Change
Race Level Least Square Means Std Error

African American 3.2762448 0.27983579
White 2.6768562 0.23701706
Model 5 (Effect of Gender on Final Drug Dose by Drug)
Outcome: Final Drug Dose
Drug df Sum of Squares F ratio p - value

Dexmedetomidine 1 0.070 0.864 0.3642
Midazolam 1 256.6 0.701 0.415
Propofol 1 0.138 1.674 0.209
Model 6 (Effect of Race on Final Drug Dose by Drug)
Outcome: Final Drug Dose
Drug df Sum of Squares F ratio p - value

Dexmedetomidine 1 0.452 7.3566 0.014
Midazolam 1 77.778 0.206 0.655
Propofol 1 0.014 0.162 0.692

These tables show the statistical results corresponding to analyses 1 – 6. The fixed effects tests are presented with test statistic and probability value. Least squares estimates for selected explanatory variables are also provided. Because of the heterogeneous nature of the “Other” race category and the resulting very small counts patients who fell into the “Other” race category were not included in analyses that used race as explanatory variable.