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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Menopause. 2014 Aug;21(8):807–814. doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000000194

Table 2.

Modified Intent to Treat Analysis: Estimated Event Rate Ratio and 95% Confidence Interval as a Function of Time for Subjective Vasomotor Symptoms for Women Randomized to Active Stellate Ganglion Blockade (SGB) or the sham-control.

Treatment Group Treatment Group ×
Time
SGB Sham-control

Primary Outcomes RR (95%CI) RR (95%CI) RRR (95%CI)
Baseline to Week 1
Total 0.76 (0.61–0.96)* 0.75 (0.61–0.93)** 1.01 (0.74–1.39)
Moderate-to-very severe 0.73 (0.54–1.00) 0.74 (0.56–0.98)* 0.99 (0.65–1.50)
Baseline to Months 1–3
Total 0.68 (0.57–0.83)*** 0.68 (0.56–0.80)*** 1.03 (0.80–1.34)
Moderate-to-very severe 0.62 (0.48–0.80)*** 0.69 (0.55–0.87)** 0.90 (0.64–1.27)
Baseline to Months 4–6
Total 0.66 (0.54–0.81)*** 0.82 (0.69–0.98)* 0.81 (0.62–1.03)T
Moderate-to-very severe 0.48 (0.36–0.63)*** 0.96 (0.77–1.20) 0.50 (0.35–0.71)***

Note.

***

p<0.001;

**

p<0.01;

*

p<0.05;

p=0.05;

T

p=0.10; SGB=Stellate Ganglion Blockade; CI = Confidence Interval; RR = Event Rate Ratio; RRR=Ratio of Event Rate Ratios. Results are reflective of a mixed effects Poisson regression (random intercept only).