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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 3.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2016 Feb 16;164(6):385–394. doi: 10.7326/M15-1635

Appendix Table 2.

Sensitivity Analysis for Difference in Mean Daily Steps During the Intervention and Follow-up

Group Comparison, by Model* Intervention (wk 1–13) Follow-up (wk 14–26)


Difference in Daily Steps (95% CI) P Value Difference in Daily Steps (95% CI) P Value
Main model: pseudolikelihood approach

 Gain incentive vs. control 378 (−499 to 1254) 0.40 74 (−801 to 950) 0.87

 Lottery incentive vs. control 248 (−644 to 1139) 0.59 −55 (−943 to 833) 0.90

 Loss incentive vs. control 861 (−20 to 1743) 0.056 496 (−371 to 1363) 0.26

Main model: quadrature approach
 Gain incentive vs. control 397 (−482 to 1275) 0.38 73 (−790 to 935) 0.87

 Lottery incentive vs. control 276 (−618 to 1170) 0.55 −56 (−932 to 819) 0.90

 Loss incentive vs. control 879 (−5 to 1763) 0.05 497 (−357 to 1351) 0.25
*

Approach refers to the regression estimation method used with PROC GLIMMIX in SAS, version 9.4 (SAS Institute). Pseudolikelihood approach used METHOD=RSPL; quadrature approach used METHOD=QUAD(qpoints=12).