Table 7. Correlations between HPA, FST and metabolic measures in WKY × F344 F2 generation.
| Males | FST: Imm |
FST: Climb |
Basal CORT |
Stress CORT |
Adr. Wt. |
Fasting Glucose |
Stress Glucose |
PP Glucose |
PP Insulin |
Body Wt. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FST: Imm | 1 | |||||||||
| FST: Climb | -.348** | 1 | ||||||||
| Basal CORT | .006 | -.086 | 1 | |||||||
| Stress CORT | -.029 | .117 | .556** | 1 | ||||||
| Adr. Wt. | .132 | .110 | .275** | .275** | 1 | |||||
| Fasting Glucose | -.091 | .071 | .076 | .038 | .015 | 1 | ||||
| Stress Glucose | .001 | -.078 | .154ˆ | .200* | .013 | .082 | 1 | |||
| PP Glucose | .088 | -.029 | .004 | -.007 | .036 | .050 | .204* | 1 | ||
| PP Insulin | .027 | .068 | -.117 | -.022 | -.108 | .080 | .083 | .282** | 1 | |
| Body Wt. | -.024 | -.192* | -.057 | -.080 | -.586 | .103 | .198* | -.027 | .134 | 1 |
| Females | FST: Imm | FST: Climb | Basal CORT | Stress CORT | Adr. Wt. | Fasting Glucose | Stress Glucose | PP Glucose | PP Insulin | Body Wt. |
| FST: Imm | 1 | |||||||||
| FST: Climb | -.516** | 1 | ||||||||
| Basal CORT | -.096 | .055 | 1 | |||||||
| Stress CORT | -.138 | .132 | .383** | 1 | ||||||
| Adr. Wt. | -.054 | .106 | -.011 | .118 | 1 | |||||
| Fasting Glucose | -.114 | -.007 | -.091 | .070 | -.033 | 1 | ||||
| Stress glucose | -.103 | -.081 | .243** | .300** | .042 | .131 | 1 | |||
| PP Glucose | .107 | -.168ˆ | -.017 | -.057 | -.050 | -.038 | .221* | 1 | ||
| PP Insulin | -.044 | .039 | -.078 | -.070 | -.085 | .039 | .039 | .391** | 1 | |
| Body Wt. | -.127 | .040 | -.048 | .060 | -.210* | .017 | .066 | .037 | .045 | 1 |
Pearson correlation coefficient r is listed above. Abbreviations: FST: Forced Swim Test, Imm: Immobility, Climb: Climbing, CORT: Corticosterone, Adr. Wt.: Adrenal Weight, PP: post-prandial
ˆ
p < 0.05
*
p < 0.01
**
p < 0.001