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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 20.
Published in final edited form as: Anim Behav. 2013 Jan 15;85(3):559–568. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.12.012

Table 4.

Results of multivariate model of PCV (using total number of ticks, both adult ticks and larvae; N = 61)

Predictor variable Adjusted R2(%) T β Significance Direction
Age - −3.085 −0.29 <0.003 Younger animals had higher PCV than older ones
Sex - 2.236 2.32 0.03 Females had lower PCV than males
Dominance Rank - −1.262 −0.095 0.212 NS
Number of ticks - −2.655 −0.037 0.010 Individuals with fewer ticks had higher PCV than those with more ticks
Combined model 35

N – number of animals sampled, Adjusted R2(%) - percentage of variance explained by the model, T – t-statistic value, β - regression coefficient,, Direction – direction of the observed effect, NS - not significant.