Table 3.

Pearson correlations

Gene	Correlation with	cor	n	P
NOS	SOD	0.30	286	< 0.001
	G6PDH	0.10	277	0.240
	Body size	0.10	286	0.240
	Blood meal size	0.04	223	0.650
	Bird parasitaemia	0.09	155	0.321
SOD	G6PDH	0.23	280	< 0.001
	Body size	0.08	289	0.321
	Blood meal size	0.12	226	0.240
	Bird parasitaemia	0.09	156	0.394
G6PDH	Body size	-0.07	280	0.321
	Blood meal size	0.09	219	0.321
	Bird parasitaemia	0.01	152	0.915

For each gene expression level (log-transformed): nitric oxide synthase (NOS), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH), the correlation with the other genes, mosquito body size, blood meal size and bird parasitaemia (in exposed female mosquitoes) was tested. Correlation coefficient (cor), sample size (n), and P-value (adjusted for multiple comparisons) are given. Significant correlations are indicated in bold