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Table 2 Effects of digest, time, surface, and axial location on OTU richness in urinary catheters

From: Early development of bacterial community diversity in emergently placed urinary catheters

 

ndf

ddf

F

P

Fixed effects

Digest

1

100

5.92

0.0168*

Duration

1

6

1.31

0.2959

Surface

1

100

0.43

0.5119

Axial location

1

100

1.70

0.1949

Surface × duration

1

100

5.41

0.0220*

Surface × axial location

1

100

2.41

0.1234

  

df

LR statistic

P

Random effects

Subject, intercept

 

0, 1

16.7

<0.0001***

  1. Axial location was modeled as a continuous variable (1, 2, 3, 4 for males and 1, 2.5, 4 for females). The significance of random effect (subject) and the proper covariance structure for the repeated measures were tested using likelihood ratio tests. Ndf is numerator degrees of freedom, ddf is denominator degrees of freedom. Urinary catheters from 5 males and 3 females catheterized in a level 1 trauma center for 1 to 16 days.
  2. *** is p <0.001, *p <0.05.
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BMC Research Notes

ISSN: 1756-0500

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