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. 2011 Mar 10;6(3):e17394. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017394

Table 3. Relationships between toxin concentrations and various health parameters examined by p-values generated from generalized linear model (GLM).

Health Parameters Domoic Acid Brevetoxin
Urine Fecal Urine Fecal
RBC Indices; Covariate: Sex 0.008 0.838 0.114 0.229
Red blood cells (RBCs) 0.002 na na na
Hematocrit (Hct) 0.245 na na na
Hemoglobin (Hgb) 0.355 na na na
Mean corpuscular volume (MCV) <0.001 na na na
WBC Differential; Covariate: Age <0.001 0.011 0.906 0.773
Total white blood cells (WBCs) 0.113 0.001 na na
Neutrophils 0.768 0.386 na na
Lymphocytes 0.612 0.127 na na
Monocytes 0.651 0.542 na na
Eosinophils 0.031 <0.001 na na
Liver & Kidney Enzymes; Covariate: Age 0.733 0.191 0.055 0.773
Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) na na na na
Creatinine na na na na
Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) na na na na
Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) na na na na
Gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) na na na na
Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) na na na na
Creatine kinase (CK) na na na na

Note: Bolded data indicate results from multivariate F-test (Wilks lambda). When multivariate p-value was less than 0.05, univariate F-tests were conducted for each dependent (health) variable. ‘na’ denotes not available.