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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Exp Biol. 2008 Mar;211(Pt 5):741–748. doi: 10.1242/jeb.012955

Table 1.

Effect of human insulin via sucrose on lifespan

Buffer Insulin Wilcoxon statistic
Experiment N Days N Days
1 206 29 257 25 0.0003
2 89 30 100 23 <0.0001
3 107 25 124 24 NS
4 95 24 102 25 NS
5 99 24 100 24.5 NS
6 102 33 94 31 <0.0001

Median lifespans (days) and statistical results from six independent experiments comparing A. stephensi provided with 1.7×10−4 μmol l−1 human insulin (or buffer as a control) in 10% sucrose.