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. 2012 Aug;166(7):2136–2147. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2012.01918.x

Table 2.

Mifepristone (50 mg·kg−1) attenuates the somatic expression of naloxone-precipitated morphine withdrawal

Two-way anova
Chronic treatment (morphine vs. placebo) Pretreatment (mifepristone vs. vehicle) Interaction
Signs F(1, 22) P F(1, 22) P F(1, 22) P
Wet-dog shakes 26.26 ≤0.0001 56.83 ≤0.0001 22.07 ≤0.0001
Tremor 4.72 ≤0.05 26.17 ≤0.0001 4.72 ≤0.05
Sniffing 13.83 ≤0.01 13.83 ≤0.01 13.83 ≤0.01
Teeth chattering 4.34 ≤0.05 41.28 ≤0.0001 4.34 ≤0.05
Ptosis 15.79 ≤0.0006 227.96 ≤0.0001 15.79 ≤0.0006
Piloerection 197.74 ≤0.0001 236.65 ≤0.0001 197.74 ≤0.0001
Rinorrhoea 2.00 n.s. 16.76 ≤0.0005 2.00 n.s.
Chromodacryorrhoea 7.60 ≤0.05 27.53 ≤0.0001 7.60 ≤0.05
Weight loss 26.47 ≤0.0001 19.64 ≤0.0002 8.83 ≤0.0070
Global score 26.06 ≤0.0001 96.82 ≤0.0001 26.06 ≤0.0001

Two-way anova with chronic treatment (morphine vs. placebo) and pretreatment before naloxone (mifepristone 50 mg·kg−1 vs. vehicle) as between-subject factors. When significant interactions in pretreatment or between these two factors were observed, subsequent post hoc test was applied.