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. 2016 Feb 12;11(2):e0147583. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147583

Table 7. Sex differences in BACHD motor coordination deterioration.

Two-way ANOVA results testing effects of sex and age on challenge beam step errors. When main or interaction effects were identified, significant sex differences within age, and age differences within sex, were identified post-hoc using the Holm-Sidak method for multiple pairwise comparisons.

3 months Parameter Males (n = 8) Females (n = 8) 6 months Parameter Males (n = 8) Females (n = 8)
Challenge Beam Beam 1 0.3 ± 0.1 0.1 ± 0.1* Challenge Beam Beam 1 0.4 ± 0.1 0.5 ± 0.2##
Beam 2 0.8 ± 0.5 0.3 ± 0.2 Beam 2 1.36 ± 0.5 1.2 ± 0.5##
Beam 3 0.5 ± 0.5 0.4 ± 0.2 Beam 3 1.9 ± 0.5# 1.1 ± 0.5#*
Beam 4 1.9 ± 0.4 1.2 ± 0.6 Beam 4 2.7 ± 0.9 2.2 ± 0.6#
Time 16.5 ± 3.3 17.2 ± 4.1 Time 13.8 ± 4.9 14.0 ± 3.7
Sex Effect Age Effect Interaction
Parameter DF F P F P F P
Challenge Beam Beam 1 31 3.10 NS 16.87 <0.001 0.117 0.02
Beam 2 1.56 NS 13.56 <0.001 4.22 NS
Beam 3 5.89 0.022 27.4 <0.001 3.43 NS
Beam 4 3.79 NS 9.98 0.004 0.09 NS
Time 0.06 NS 2.9 NS 0.03 NS

*Sex within Genotype, P < 0.05;

#Age within Sex, P < 0.01;

##Age within Sex, P < 0.01.

Reported values are mean ± 95% CI