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. 2015 Jul 16;3:e1075. doi: 10.7717/peerj.1075

Table 1. Models of 3-week immune function and melatonin.

Generalized linear models exploring the effect of light regimen at the 3-week sampling period on: (A) haemocyte concentration, (B) lytic activity, (C) PO activityand (D) circulating melatonin concentration in adult crickets maintained in either a 12 h light: 12 h dark (LD) or constant light (LL) regimen. Values highlighted in bold are main effects and interactions that are significant (P < 0.05). Haemocyte concentrations, lytic and PO activity were square-root transformed; melatonin concentrations were natural log transformed prior to analysis.

Model parameters β ± SE Statistic P value
(A) 3-week haemocyte concentration (cells/ml × 106)
Whole model F1,127 = 0.11 0.74
Light regimen F1,127 = 0.11 0.74
(B) 3-week lytic activity (Δ absorbance)
Whole model F4,113 = 7.25 <0.001
Light regimen F1,116 = 7.40 0.008
Sex F1,116 = 7.23 0.008
Light regimen × Sex F1,116 = 6.57 0.01
3-week body condition 0.40 ± 0.17 F1,116 = 5.65 0.02
(C) 3-week PO activity (Δ absorbance)
Whole model F2,127 = 14.99 <0.001
Light regimen F1,128 = 2.15 0.15
Sex F1,128 = 14.54 <0.001
(D) Melatonin concentration (pg/mL)
Whole model F3,26 = 2.43 0.09
Light regimen F1,26 = 5.07 0.03
Sex F1,26 = 1.32 0.26
Light regimen∗Sex F1,26 = 2.83 0.10