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. 2010 May 12;6(6):736–739. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0348

Table 1.

Full model multiple regressions predicting maximum longevity using phylogenetically independent contrasts.

all mammalsa
primates
artiodactylsa,b
rodents
predictors β p β p β p β p
body mass 0.563 <0.001 0.441 <0.001 0.604 <0.001 0.687 0.001
group size −0.064 0.165 0.132 0.107 −0.262 0.027 0.124 0.627
arboreality 0.232 <0.001 0.204 0.022 0.348 0.187
age at sexual maturity 0.140 0.016 0.155 0.103 0.139 0.264 0.087 0.679
human population density −0.017 0.757 −0.045 0.621 0.306 0.089 0.034 0.868
mean temperature 0.134 0.014 0.141 0.113 −0.231 0.204 0.011 0.961
mean rainfall −0.113 0.046 0.158 0.085 −0.049 0.739 −0.313 0.152
absolute latitude 0.017 0.743 0.248 0.019 −0.101 0.451 −0.284 0.255
longevity sample size 0.224 <0.001 0.364 <0.001 0.137 0.189 0.061 0.764
group-size sample size 0.018 0.699 0.071 0.422 0.023 0.824 −0.150 0.473
total model results r2 = 0.552, p < 0.001, d.f. = 10,237 r2 = 0.501, p < 0.001, d.f. = 10,79 r2 = 0.455, p < 0.001, d.f. = 9,59 r2 = 0.629, p = 0.006, d.f. = 10,21

aResults presented without outliers.

bAll artiodactyl species are terrestrial.