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. 2024 Jul 26;44(35):e1700222024. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1700-22.2024

Table 3.

Experimental design and statistics: list of statistical tests, test statistics, and p values for all experiments in the study

Figure Experiment Strains Sample size: N (censored) Number of WorMotels Statistical test Test statistic p value Post hoc test Post hoc test statistic and p value
1c WorMotel movement WM27 73(15), 122(78) 12 Unpaired t test t(191) = 9.64 <0.0001
1d WorMotel bout duration WM27 73(15), 122(78) 12 Unpaired t test t(191) = 8.36 <0.0001
1e WorMotel bout number WM27 73(15), 122(78) 12 Unpaired t test t(191) = 10.43 <0.0001
1f Feeding WM27 41(0), 47(0) Unpaired t test t(86) = 5.37 <0.0001
1g Movement + Feeding WM27 155(0) Chi-square X(1) = 63.52 <0.0001
2a Mechanical reversibility WM27 12(30) (repeated measures) Paired t test t(11) = 12.35 <0.0001
2b Mechanical stim response probability WM27 35(6) 1 Restricted maximum likelihood model F(1.58,28.4) = 22.6 <0.0001 Šídák SHAM vs STIM: active t(34) = 6.03, p <0.0001; qui t(11) = 1.24, p = 0.4239
2c Octanol response latency WM27 17(0), 32(0) Unpaired t test t(47) = 6.86 <0.0001
3c Homeostasis (change from baseline) WM27 uninfected Sham: 6(2); stim: 9(7) 3 2-way mixed ANOVA Interaction effect F(1,14) = 0.003 p = 0.957
WM27 infected Sham: 20(19); stim: 40(39) 3 2-way mixed ANOVA Interaction effect F(1,58) = 12.73 p = 0.0007 Šídák STIM-PRE: t(116) = 3.49, p = 0.0014; POST-PRE: t(116) = 0.399, p = 0.904
3d Homeostatic (bouts duration) WM27 uninfected Sham: 6(2); stim: 9(7) 3 Restricted maximum likelihood model Interaction effect F(1,24) = 0.898 p = 0.353
WM27 infected Sham: 20(19); stim: 40(39) 3 2-way mixed ANOVA Interaction effect F(1,58) = 1.29 p = 0.261
3e PRQ comparison WM27 6(0) and 36(5) 1 2-way mixed ANOVA Interaction effect: F(1,40) = 10.42 p = 0.002 Šídák SHAM vs STIM: uninfected t(40) = 1.99, p = 0.103; infected t(40) = 3.66, p = 0.001
4b UV WorMotel: ceh-17, aptf-1, egl-21 WM27, NQ1167, NQ1183, NQ1184 10(0), 7(1), 9(1), 8(0) (repeated measures) 1 Restricted maximum likelihood model Interaction F(3,30) = 28.96 p < 0.0001 Dunnett Untreated (vs WM27): NQ1167 q(61) = 0.1623 p = 0.99; NQ1183 q(61) = 0.098 p = 0.99; NQ1184 q(61) = 0.21 p = 0.99; UV (vs WM27): NQ1167 q(61) = 6.96 p < 0.0001; NQ1183 q(61) = 12.26 p < 0.0001; NQ1184 q(61) = 9.41 p < 0.0001
4c Orsay WorMotel: egl-21 WM27, NQ1184 14(0), 14(0), 24(3), 25(2) 2 2-way ANOVA Interaction effect: F(1,73) = 15.48 p = 0.0002 Šídák Uninfected t(73) = 0.130, p = 0.9894; infected, t(73) = 6.695, p < 0.0001
4d Orsay WorMotel: ceh-17 WM27, NQ1167 31(1), 32(0), 25(7), 30(2) 3 2-way ANOVA Interaction F(1,114) = 16.42 p < 0.0001 Šídák Uninfected t(114) = 0.2056, p = 0.9736; infected t(114) = 5.343 p < 0.0001
4e Orsay WorMotel: ceh-14 WM27, NQ1230 4(0), 4(0), 20(0), 20(0) 1 2-way ANOVA Interaction F(1,44) = 1.17 p = 0.286 Šídák Uninfected t(44) = 0.016, p = 0.999; infected t(44) = 2.68, p < 0.020
4f Orsay WorMotel: aptf-1 WM27, NQ1183 24(8), 27(5), 36(28), 35(29) 4 2-way ANOVA Interaction F(1,118) = 0.4435 p = 0.5068 Šídák Uninfected t(118) = 0.5134 p = 0.8468; infected t(118) = 0.4242, p = 0.8925
4g Orsay WorMotel: flp-11 WM27, NQ1251 31(1), 28(4), 47(17), 40(24) 4 2-way ANOVA Interaction F(1,142) = 2.92 p = 0.0899 Šídák Uninfected t(142) = 0.069 p = 0.997; infected t(142) = 2.6, p = 0.0205
4h UV WorMotel: RIS HisCl WM27, NQ1231 2(2), 3(1), 5(7), 9(3) 3 2-way ANOVA Interaction F(1,81) = 27.58 p = 0.0001 Šídák Untreated t(81) = 0.064 p = 0.99; UV t(81) = 8.60 p < 0.0001
4i Orsay WorMotel: RIS HisCl No his WM27, NQ1231 8(0), 6(2), 9(7), 10(6) 1 2-way ANOVA Interaction F(1,29) = 0.007 p = 0.934 Šídák Uninfected t(29) = 0.104 p = 0.99; infected t(29) = 0.251 p = 0.96
10 mM his WM27, NQ1231 63(7), 62(14), 80(36), 65(55) 8 2-way ANOVA Interaction F(1,266) = 9.27 p = 0.0026 Šídák Uninfected t(266) = 0.527 p = 0.839; infected t(266) = 3.88 p = 0.0002
5a Orsay pumping WM27, NQ1167, NQ1230, NQ1183, NQ1184 44(0), 50(0), 50(0), 28(0), 38(0); 50(0), 50(0), 40(0), 29(0), 44(0) 2-way ANOVA Interaction F(4,413) = 10.67 p < 0.0001 Dunnett Uninfected (vs WM27): NQ1167 q(413) = 0.97 p = 0.737; NQ1230 q(413) = 0.17 p = 0.999; NQ1183 q(413) = 2.65 p = 0.030; NQ1184 q(413) = 2.49 p = 0.046; Orsay (vs WM27): NQ1167 q(413) = 5.67 p < 0.0001; NQ1230 q(413) = 5.48 p < 0.0001; NQ1183 q(413) = 1.26 p = 0.545; NQ1184 q(413) = 3.75 p = 0.0008
5b UV pumping WM27, NQ1167, NQ1230, NQ1183, NQ1184 40(0), 30(0); 25(0), 20(0); 25(0), 20(0); 24(0), 20(0); 30(0), 30(0) 2-way ANOVA Interaction F(4,254) = 70.25 p < 0.0001 Dunnett Untreated (vs WM27): NQ1167 q(254) = 1.16 p = 0.631; NQ1230 q(254) = 1.42 p = 0.450; NQ1183 q(254) = 1.12 p = 0.656; NQ1184 q(254) = 0.49 p = 0.988; UV (vs WM27): NQ1167 q(254) = 7.11 p < 0.0001; NQ1230 q(254) = 20.30 p < 0.0001; NQ1183 q(254) = 0.05 p = 0.999; NQ1184 q(254) = 0.10 p = 0.999
6a–d Survival see Tables 47
6f FLP-13 OE WorMotel WM27, NQ1292 4(0), 3(1), 19(1), 19(1) 1 2-way ANOVA Interaction F(1,41) = 3.34 p = 0.075 Šídák 20°C t(41) = 0.008 p > 0.99; 25°C t(41) = 4.69 p < 0.0001
7a Orsay virus load WM27, NQ1167 12(0), 12(0) Mann–Whitney test U = 60 p = 0.514
7b cul-6 WM27, NQ1167 3(1), 3(1), 4(1), 4(1) Multiple 2-way ANOVA: family-wise alpha 0.05 (Bonferroni’s corrected to 0.007) Infection F(1,10) = 198.2; interaction F(1,10) = 1.10 p < 0.0001; p = 0.32
F26F2.1 3(1), 3(1), 4(1), 4(1) Infection F(1,10) = 3,290; interaction F(1,10) = 0 p < 0.0001; p > 0.99
F26F2.3 4(0), 4(0), 5(0), 5(0) Infection F(1,14) = 459.4; interaction F(1,14) = 1.13 p < 0.0001; p = 0.20
F26F2.4 2(2), 2(2), 3(2), 3(2) Infection F(1,6) = 632.2; interaction F(1,6) = 4.74 p < 0.0001; p = 0.07
pals-5 4(0), 4(0), 5(0), 5(0) Infection F(1,14) = 238.8; interaction F(1,14) = 0.92 p < 0.0001; p = 0.35
skr-4 3(1), 3(1), 4(1), 4(1) Infection F(1,10) = 74.8; interaction F(1,10) = 0.42 p < 0.0001; p = 0.42
skr-5 3(1), 4(0), 5(0), 5(0) Infection F(1,13) = 55.0; interaction F(1,13) = 1.19 p < 0.0001; p = 0.30
7c GFP bacteria WM27, NQ1167 See Table 8 (all between subjects comparisons)
7d Dead bacteria survival WM27 See Table 9
7e ATP WM27, NQ1167 3(0), 7(0), 8(0), 8(0) 2-way ANOVA Interaction F(1,22) = 14.7 p = 0.0009 Šídák WM27, t(22) = 1.99, p = 0.11; NQ1167, t(22) = 9.28, p < 0.0001

Sample sizes (N) are shown for each group in the order that they appear in the figures; the number of censored animals for each group is shown next to the sample size in parentheses.