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.