Table 4.
Pairwise comparisons of slopes by dosage frequency groupa.
| Contrast | Estimate (SE) | t test (dfb) | P valuec | ||||
| 1 day per week | |||||||
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2 days per week | −1.13×10−3 (4.77×10−4) | −2.37 (infinity) | .12 | |||
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3 days per week | −2.82×10−3 (5.42×10−4) | −5.21 (infinity) | <.001 d | |||
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4 days per week | −4.73×10−3 (6.05×10−4) | −7.82 (infinity) | <.001 | |||
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5 days per week | −5.03×10−3 (6.17×10−4) | −8.14 (infinity) | <.001 | |||
| 2 days per week | |||||||
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3 days per week | −1.69×10−3 (4.46×10−4) | −3.79 (infinity) | .001 | |||
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4 days per week | −3.60×10−3 (5.30×10−4) | −6.79 (infinity) | <.001 | |||
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5 days per week | −3.90×10−3 (5.49×10−4) | −7.10 (infinity) | <.001 | |||
| 3 days per week | |||||||
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4 days per week | −1.91×10−3 (5.16×10−4) | −3.70 (infinity) | .002 | |||
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5 days per week | −2.20×10−3 (5.56×10−4) | −3.97 (infinity) | .001 | |||
| 4 days per week | |||||||
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5 days per week | −2.94×10−4 (5.56×10−4) | −0.52 (infinity) | .99 | |||
aResults are averaged over the levels of sex and chronicity.
bDegrees-of-freedom method: asymptotic.
cP value adjustment: Tukey method for comparing a family of 5 estimates.
dItalicized text indicates significant contrast, P<.05.