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Table 1 Multivariable models with general shape: Pain after compression = Σ Effect × Predictor value

From: Pain-preventing strategies in mammography: an observational study of simultaneously recorded pain and breast mechanics throughout the entire breast compression cycle

 

Model 1 (n = 281)

Model 2 (n = 324)

Predictor

Effect

Significance

Effect

Significance

Recollected pain score [NRS]

0.763

p < .001

excluded

 

Baseline pain score [NRS]

0.108

p = .06

0.263

p < .002

Maximum reached force [daN]

  

−0.204

p < .005

Duration of clamp phase [sec]

−0.046

p = .10

−0.075

p < .05

  1. Model selection was performed by stepwise minimization of the Akaike Information Criterion. Model 1 includes the recollected pain scores of the previous mammogram (available for n = 281 cases). In model 2 (all cases: n = 324), the recollected pain scores were excluded.
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BMC Women's Health

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