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. 2021 Mar 16;12:27. doi: 10.1186/s13293-021-00371-6

Table 1.

GEE (generalized estimation equation) model with blood pressure, heart rate, or tail temperature as the dependent variable, and sex, vapor condition, and time as independent factors

Variables in the model W gl p
Blood pressure
 Sex 4.996 1 0.025 *
 Vapor condition 5.795 1 0.016 *
 Time 806.670 14 < 0.001 *
 Sex × vapor 3.086 1 0.079
 Sex × time 155.382 14 < 0.001 *
 Vapor × time 42.638 14 < 0.001 *
 Sex × vapor × time 96.417 14 < 0.001 *
Heart rate
 Sex 0.167 1 0.683
 Vapor condition 1.304 1 0.253
 Time 447.653 14 < 0.001 *
 Sex × vapor 0.003 1 0.955
 Sex × time 116.907 14 < 0.001 *
 Vapor × time 88.871 14 < 0.001 *
 Sex × vapor × time 62.33 14 < 0.001 *
Tail temperature
 Sex 0.854 1 0.355
 Vapor condition 0.033 1 0.857
 Time 42.697 6 < 0.001 *
 Sex × vapor 0.195 1 0.659
 Sex × time 14.260 6 0.027 *
 Vapor × time 2.746 6 0.840
 Sex × vapor × time 6.353 6 0.385

*p < 0.05