Week 2 | Week 6 | Week 12 | ||||
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Gum | Tablet | Gum | Tablet | Gum | Tablet | |
N | 78 | 70 | 60 | 59 | 52 | 50 |
Baseline | ||||||
Mean | 10.8 | 10.0 | 10.8 | 10.1 | 10.9 | 10.1 |
S.D. | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.15 | 3.23 | 3.15 | 3.18 |
Median | 11.8 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 10.5 |
Min,Max | (2.0,15.0) | (3.0,15.0) | (2.5,15.0) | (3.0,15.0) | (2.5,15.0) | (3.0,15.0) |
Post | ||||||
Mean | 10.9 | 10.0 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 11.4 | 10.1 |
S.D. | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
Median | 12.0 | 10.1 | 12.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 10.8 |
Min,Max | (2.0,15.0) | (3.0,15.0) | (2.0,15.0) | (3.0,15.0) | (2.0,15.0) | (2.0,15.0) |
Change | ||||||
Mean | 0.16 | -0.03 | 0.28 | -0.06 | 0.50 | 0.00 |
S.D. | 0.70 | 0.17 | 0.94 | 0.55 | 1.16 | 0.64 |
Median | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Min,Max | (-1.00,4.00) | (-1.00,0.50) | (-1.00,4.00) | (-2.00,1.00) | (-1.00,4.00) | (-2.00,2.00) |
Paired t-test p-value | 0.047 | 0.159 | 0.023 | 0.411 | 0.003 | >0.999 |
LsMean | 0.17 | -0.04 | 0.25 | -0.11 | 0.44 | -0.12 |
s.e. | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.14 |
p-value | 0.015a | 0.011a | 0.003a | |||
Difference | 0.21 | 0.36 | 0.56 | |||
s.e. | 0.09 | 0.14 | 0.18 | |||
95% C.I. | [0.04,0.38] | [0.09,0.64] | [0.19,0.92] |