Table 3.

Likelihood Ratio test and AIC (Akaike Information Criterion) results.

Models	Likelihood ratio test				AIC	Delta AIC#
	Deviance Resid	Df Resid	Dev	Pr(> Chi)		Model age—model X	Model age + yield—model X
	NULL	58	77.94
Age	21.72	57	56.22	3.162e-06***	60.22
Age + yield	8.92	56	47.3	0.002825**	53.30	6.92
Age + yield + ZNF296	10.90	55	36.4	0.0009606***	44.40	15.82	8.90
Age + yield + KLF2	8.44	55	38.86	0.003670**	46.86	13.36	6.44
Age + yield + DUSP3	6.11	55	41.19	0.013421*	49.19	11.03	4.11
Age + yield + ASUN	4.78	55	42.53	0.028842*	50.53	9.69	2.78
Age + yield + GBP5	3.65	55	43.65	0.056105	51.65	8.57	1.65
Age + yield + PTPRC	3.11	55	44.19	0.077857	52.19	8.03	1.11
Age + yield + NEMF	2.98	55	44.32	0.084195	52.32	7.90	0.98
Age + yield + GBP6	1.71	55	45.60	0.191	53.60	6.63	− 0.29
Age + yield + C1QB	1.28	55	46.02	0.258	54.02	6.20	− 0.72
Age + yield + ARG1	0.60	55	46.70	0.438	54.70	5.52	− 1.40
Age + yield + GAS6	0.52	55	46.78	0.469	54.78	5.44	− 1.48
Age + yield + DHX29	0.08	55	47.22	0.778	55.22	5.00	− 1.92
Age + yield + CD64	0.01	55	47.30	0.931	55.30	4.93	− 1.99
Age + yield + BATF2	0.31	55	46.99	0.578	54.99	5.23	− 1.69

*Significant p-value for likelihood ratio test.

^#A change in AIC of ≥ 5 is considered noticeable.

Values in bold refer to significant predictive models.