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. 2013 Mar 20;8(3):e58976. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058976

Table 1. Statistics for all outcome variables used in this study; see Table S1 for means and distribution of samples across groups used in comparisons.

Variable Circulating Leukocytes (WBC) Total Immunoglobulin (Tig) Total Antioxidant Power (TAP) IL-4
Site Type – all samples § U = 1336; p = 0.008; N = 134 F = 0.984; p = 0.33; n = 66 U = 1877; p<0.001; n = 191 U = 285; p = 0.035; n = 73
Site Location – all samples χ2 = 9.706; p = 0.08; n = 134 F = 8.248; p<0.001; n = 148 χ2 = 23.06; p<0.001; n = 191 χ2 = 9.126; p = 0.058; n = 73
Hibernation Stage – affected Aeolus Cave only χ2 = 1.541; p = 0.46; n = 94 F = 4.962; p<0.001; n = 54 χ2 = 4.414; p = 0.11; n = 56 χ2 = 3.30; p = 0.22; n = 15
Body Temperature (measurment) – all samples ρ = 0.13; p = 0.13; n = 134 F = 0.03; p = 0.86; n = 148 ρ = 0.074; p = 0.31; n = 191 ρ = -0.19; p = 0.12; n = 73
affected sites ρ = 0.18; p = 0.08; n = 94 F = 3.33; p = 0.07; n = 114 ρ = 0.07; p = 0.41; n = 147 ρ = -0.25; p = 0.06; n = 59
unaffected sites ρ = -0.18; 0.91; n = 40 F = 4.962; p = 0.034; n = 34 ρ = 0.03; p = 0.86; n = 44 ρ = -0.14; p = 0.63; n = 14
Body Temperature (categorical) – allsamples χ2 = 4.708; p = 0.09; n = 134 F = 1.09; p−0.34; n = 148 χ2 = 4.708; p = 0.09; n = 191 χ2 = 5.17; p = 0.08; n = 73
affected sites χ2 = 3.586; p = 0.022; n = 94 F = 1.78; p = 0.17; n = 114 χ2 = 3.586; p = 0.022; n = 147 χ2 = 4.872; p = 0.09; n = 59
unaffected sites χ2 = 3.586; p = 0.17; n = 40 F = 3.33; p = 0.049; n = 34 χ2 = 3.586; p = 0.17; n = 44 χ2 = 0.386; p = 0.83; n = 14
Hematocrit – all samples ρ = 0.039; p = 0.66; n = 196 F = 1.12; p = 0.29; n = 148 ρ = 0.039; p = 0.66; n = 195 ρ = −0.005; p = 0.97; n = 73
affected sites ρ = 0.031; p = 0.77; n = 93 F = 0.68; p = 0.41; n = 114 ρ = 0.031; p = 0.77; n = 93 ρ = 0.031; p = 0.77; n = 93
unaffected sites ρ = −0.09; p = 0.58; n = 68 F = 0.548; p = 0.47; n = 34 ρ = −0.09; p = 0.58; n = 70 ρ = −0.09; p = 0.58; n = 70
Visible Symptoms – mid-hibernation only U = 1013; p = 0.75; n = 92 F = 1.262; p = 0.26; n = 117 U = 1899; p = 0.009; n = 144 U = 287; p = 0.048; n = 59
Body Mass Index – all samples ρ = −0.08; p = 0.36; n = 133 F = 0.07; p = 0.8; n = 148 ρ = 0.16; p = 0.035; n = 179 ρ = 0.44; p = 0.12; n = 73
affected sites ρ = 0.09; p = 0.4; n = 92 F = 1.75; p = 0.19; n = 114 ρ = 0.11; p = 0.21; n = 141 ρ = 0.06; p = 0.69; n = 57
unaffected sites ρ = −0.11; p = 0.5; n = 38 F = 1.713; p = 0.2; n = 34 ρ = 0.08; p = 0.63; n = 43 ρ = 0.44; p = 0.12; n = 14

Key:

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Mann-Whitney U;

Kruskal-Wallis;

Spearman correlation;

Mixed model ANOVA/ANCOVA.