Table 2.

Regression Model of ω Values for the Different Functional Categories of Immune Genes

Category	Median ω	N	Model Estimate	Model Standard error	t	P
Intercept			35.3924	7.5845	4.666	1.18 × 10−5***
Receptor	0.260	23	19.5739	8.198	2.388	0.0193*
Antigen processing	0.236	12	10.7259	11.3136	0.948	0.3459
Humoral response	0.219	8	13.4626	13.8312	0.973	0.3332
Development of immune system	0.219	6	7.3719	13.4588	0.548	0.5854
Involved in autoimmunity	0.210	3	4.402	18.3264	0.24	0.8108
Innate NK killing	0.200	7	−6.1044	15.3811	−0.397	0.6925
Expressed primarily in immune tissues	0.200	25	12.2644	7.3473	1.669	0.0989†
Inflammation	0.190	20	17.8269	11.6274	1.533	0.1291
Innate immunity	0.189	46	6.8735	8.7715	0.784	0.4355
Adaptive immunity	0.178	26	−5.0489	10.6001	−0.476	0.6351
Related to disease	0.177	24	0.6073	7.2483	0.084	0.9334
Immune pathway or signaling	0.174	47	10.2255	6.2947	1.624	0.1081
Involved in immunodeficiencies	0.165	10	5.6751	10.546	0.538	0.5919
Chemotaxis	0.157	16	2.9733	10.3082	0.288	0.7737
Induced by immunomodulator	0.149	21	3.8621	7.8428	0.492	0.6237
Coagulation	0.149	6	−17.9895	15.0288	−1.197	0.2348
Phagocytosis	0.142	3	−13.6846	19.0216	−0.719	0.4739
Cellular response	0.138	12	20.7341	12.8684	1.611	0.111
Cytokines and chemokines	0.122	38	−12.4645	6.8252	−1.826	0.0715†
Transcription factor	0.080	6	−24.2605	13.1965	−1.838	0.0696†

***P < 0.001; *P < 0.05; †P < 0.10.