Table 1. Sex differences in lesion size (week 8) after L. major infection.
| Strain | Sex | Number of mice | Lesion size week 8 in mm2 | P-level of difference between females and males | |
| mean | ±SD | ||||
| BALB/c | females | 27 | 116.7 | ±30.4 | 0.098 |
| BALB/c | males | 30 | 144.3 | ±60.5 | |
| STS | females | 8 | 3.0 | ±7.4 | 0.252 |
| STS | males | 10 | 6.9 | ±8.2 | |
| CcS-3 | females | 10 | 45.2 | ±13.5 | 0.001 |
| CcS-3 | males | 10 | 73.8 | ±17.2 | |
| CcS-5 | females | 26 | 14.9 | ±15.3 | 0.001 |
| CcS-5 | males | 32 | 29.7 | ±27.9 | |
| CcS-11 | females | 20 | 61.7 | ±38.1 | 0.074 |
| CcS-11 | males | 21 | 68.6 | ±44.2 | |
| CcS-12 | females | 18 | 134.6 | ±27.0 | 0.296 |
| CcS-12 | males | 17 | 146.5 | ±44.4 | |
| CcS-16 | females | 11 | 138.0 | ±32.7 | 0.105 |
| CcS-16 | males | 13 | 160.8 | ±28.2 | |
| CcS-18 | females | 9 | 97.5 | ±36.8 | 0.043 |
| CcS-18 | males | 4 | 126.2 | ±38.0 | |
| CcS-20 | females | 14 | 51.6 | ±31.7 | 0.665 |
| CcS-20 | males | 18 | 57.4 | ±36.0 | |
Analysis of sex influence on lesion development was performed using General Linear Models Univariate ANOVA with experiment as a random and age as a fixed parameter. We have observed influence of experiment (P range 0.006–0.000019), whereas influence of age was not significant (P>0.17).