Table 11

Analysis of variance for linear and quadratic trends

Source
df
SS
MS
F
P

Treatment
2
16.22
8.11
2.13
0.138
     Linear
1
16.20
16.20
4.26
0.049
     Quadratic
1
0.02
0.02
0.01
0.937
Error
27
102.7
3.8


Total
29
118.9




df, degrees of freedom; F, test statistic; MS, mean squares; SS, sums of squares.

Bewick et al. Critical Care 2004 8:130   doi:10.1186/cc2836