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. 2006 Mar 7;6:19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-6-19

Table 3.

Pairwise comparisons of immunity as measured by PO activity and haemocyte counts and condition for the different 'colour classes' (males, blue, blue-green and green females).

dependent variable 'colour class' (1) 'colour class' (2) mean difference (1–2) SE P
PO activity [ln] blue female green female 0.579 0.0531 0.277
intermediate female 0.265 0.0568 0.641
male 1.860 0.0542 0.001
green female intermediate female -0.314 0.0395 0.428
male 1.281 0.0364 0.001
intermediate female male 1.595 0.0405 < 0.001
haemocyte [sqrt] blue female green female 0.120 0.0431 0.781
intermediate female 0.469 0.0462 0.311
male 1.133 0.0441 0.011
green female intermediate female 0.348 0.0321 0.279
male 1.013 0.0296 0.001
intermediate female male 0.665 0.0330 0.045
dry weight [mg] blue female green female -0.028 0.045 0.533
intermediate female -0.046 0.048 0.338
male -0.106 0.046 0.022
green female intermediate female -0.018 0.034 0.590
male -0.078 0.031 0.012
intermediate female male -0.060 0.034 0.083
fat content [mg] blue female green female -0.028 0.045 0.533
intermediate female -0.046 0.048 0.338
male -0.106 0.046 0.022
green female intermediate female -0.018 0.034 0.590
male -0.078 0.031 0.012
intermediate female male -0.060 0.034 0.083