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Table 7 Test of discriminant validity between controls and patient groups and gender with estimation of the means of aR with a linear model with the discrete factors diagnosis and gender and the steady covariate age

From: Validation of a questionnaire measuring the regulation of autonomic function

Conditions of participants

Estimation of the means of aR Total score

95%-Confidence interval

p-value

No chronic condition

44.8

43.7 – 45.8

 

Breast cancer

41.6

40.3 – 42.9

0.0004

Colorectal cancer

42.5

40.8 – 44.1

0.1284

Diabetes mellitus

41.1

39.7 – 42.4

0.0002

Rheumatological condition

41.5

39.5 – 43.6

0.0304

Coronary heart disease

42.5

40.5 – 44.4

0.2645

Hashimoto disease

43.0

41.0 – 44.9

0.4827

Multiple conditions

38.3

36.0 – 40.5

<.0001

Gender: Women Men

40.5 43.4

39.7 – 41.2 42.3 – 44.4

<.0001

 

1) Orthostatic-circulatory aR

  

No chronic condition

17.4

16.8 – 18.0

 

Breast cancer

16.7

15.9 – 17.4

0.4443

Colorectal cancer

16.5

15.5 – 17.4

0.4036

Diabetes mellitus

16.4

15.6 – 17.1

0.1840

Rheumatological condition

15.7

14.6 – 16.8

0.0463

Coronary heart disease

16.3

15.3 – 17.4

0.4640

Hashimoto disease

17.3

16.2 – 18.4

1.0000

Multiple conditions

15.4

14.2 – 16.7

0.0306

Gender: Women Men

17.4

15.1 – 15.9 16.8 – 18.0

<.0001

 

2) Rest/activity aR

  

No chronic condition

19.8

19.1 – 20.4

 

Breast cancer

17.5

16.7 – 18.2

<.0001

Colorectal cancer

18.5

17.5 – 19.5

0.1695

Diabetes mellitus

17.6

16.8 – 18.4

0.0003

Rheumatological condition

18.4

17.2 – 19.6

0.2256

Coronary heart disease

18.7

17.5 – 19.9

0.5671

Hashimoto disease

18.9

17.8 – 20.1

0.7362

Multiple conditions

16.5

15.2 – 17.9

0.0001

Gender: Women Men

17.9 18.5

17.9 – 18.4 17.9 – 19.2

0.1406

 

3) Digestive aR

  

No chronic condition

7.6

7.3 – 7.9

 

Breast cancer

7.5

7.1 – 7.8

0.9917

Colorectal cancer

7.6

7.1 – 8.0

1.0000

Diabetes mellitus

7.1

6.7 – 7.5

0.2094

Rheumatological condition

7.5

6.9 – 8.0

0.9990

Coronary heart disease

7.4

6.9 – 8.0

0.9969

Hashimoto disease

6.8

6.2 – 7.3

0.0446

Multiple conditions

6.3

5.7 – 6.9

0.0020

Gender: Women Men

7.0 7.4

6.8 – 7.2 7.1 – 7.7

<.0001

  1. A Dunnett adaption has been conducted on p-values for the error of first type including lower and upper limits of confidence intervall.