Table 6.

Association between L-Dex and the symptom classes at 12 months post-surgery

Median (IQR) L-Dex	Low symptom class	Moderate symptom class	Severe symptom class	p value
Pre-surgery	− 0.60 (− 3.60–3.00)	0.35 (− 3.00–3.20)	− 0.50* (− 4.20–2.30)	0.687
8 weeks post-surgery	− 0.40 (− 3.60–1.80)	1.15 (− 2.20–5.70)	4.70* (0.60–7.80)	0.002; A < C
12 months post-surgery	− 1.00 (− 4.80–1.90)	0.15 (− 2.90–3.20)	4.40* (− 0.40–17.40)	< 0.001; A, B < C

A (low), B (moderate), and C (severe) symptom class pairwise differences between the three classes with a Bonferroni correction at the 5% alpha level

^*p < 0.05 - repeated measures ANOVA over the three time points