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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 3.

Estimated Mean Counts (95% confidence interval) and Estimated Event Rate Ratio and (95% confidence interval) as a Function of Time for Objective Vasomotor Symptoms for Women Randomized to Active Stellate Ganglion Blockade (SGB) or the sham control.

Treatment Group

SGB (n=18) Sham-Control (n=17)

Baseline 3-months Post Baseline 3-months Post
M (95%CI) M (95%CI) RR (95%CI) M (95%CI) M (95%CI) RR (95%CI) RRR (95%CI)
Total 7.21 (3.68–14.1) 5.74 (2.92–11.3) 0.79 (0.64–0·98)* 5.60 (2.85–11.0) 6.24 (3.12–12.5) 1.11 (0.86–1.43) 0.71 (0.64–0.99)*
Awake 5.84 (2.93–11.6) 4.33 (2.17–8.66) 0.74 (0.59–0·94)* 3.95 (1.97–7.96) 4.48 (2.19–9.17) 1.13 (0.84–1.52) 0.66 (0.45–0.96)*
Sleep 1.66 (0.84–3.29) 1.66 (0.84–3.30) 1.00 (0.63–1.60) 1.36 (0.67–2.77) 1.45 (0.69–3.04) 1.06 (0.63–1.71) 0.94 (0.48–1.83)

Note.

*

p<0.05. SGB=Stellate Ganglion Blockade; CI= Confidence Interval. RRR=Ratio of Event Rate Ratios. Results are reflective of a mixed effects Poisson regression (random intercept only).