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. 2004 Apr 29;4:5. doi: 10.1186/1472-6785-4-5

Table 1.

Two-way ANOVA to test for a difference in measures of female condition after four weeks in 'high' or 'low' food treatments.

Mean (SD) treatment Block treatment × block




Condition measure High Low df F P df F P df F P
Standard length 24.18 mm (1.72) 20.30 mm (1.72) 1,98 294.16 0.001 9,9 19.48 0.000 9,98 1.22 0.294
Total length 31.73 mm (2.34) 26.95 mm (2.34) 1,98 534.89 0.001 9,9 20.97 0.000 9,98 0.57 0.816
Weight 0.314 g (0.060) 0.186 g (0.047) 1,98 258.80 0.001 9,9 16.14 0.000 9,98 1.40 0.199
Somatic fat reserves 0.182% (0.043) 0.152% (0.042) 1,97 17.82 0.002 9,9 17.58 0.000 9,97 2.04 0.043
Number of ova 15.18 (5.50) 4.28 (0.298) 1,97 157.81 0.001 9,9 1.19 0.054 9,97 1.22 0.292
Critical swimming speed 17.4 cm.s-1 2.5 16.1 cm.s-1 (2.7) 1,50 4.07 0.144 4,4 3.04 0.025 4,50 0.70 0.597