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. 2020 Feb 21;21(2):455–462. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2019.11.44597

Table 3.

Linear mixed-effects regression model for transport time.

Variable Variance components estimate (minutes) P-value
Fixed effects
 Base point (Intercept) 22.0
 Age type
  Adult −0.4 (−1.6 to 0.8) 0.5
 Gender
  Female 2.3 (0.4 to 4.3) 0.02
 Race/Ethnicity
  African American −2.8 (−3.5 to −2.1) <.0001
  Other −2.1 (−3.0 to −1.1) <.0001
  White Reference
 Type of trauma
  Blunt 0.6 (−0.07 to 1.3) 0.08
 Urbanicity
  Rural 5.0 (3.8 to 6.1) <.0001
 Adult female *rural −2.7 (−4.7 to −0.7) 0.009
 African American *rural 6.4 (3.7 to 9.0) <.0001
Random effects
 County
  County A −6.0 (−12.5 to 0.6) 0.07
  County B −9.3 (−15.9 to −2.8) 0.005
  County C 2.5 (−4.1 to 9.0) 0.5
  County D 3.3 (−1.8 to 11.2) 0.2
  County E 8.1 (1.6 to 14.7) 0.01