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. 2017 May 10;12(5):e0177351. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177351

Table 3. Mean and median racing performance results for Coldblooded trotters at 3 to 6 years of age according to DMRT3 genotype (n = 472).

Trait1 AA (n = 26–41) CA (n = 149–243) CC (n = 99–188) P-value2
Mean Median SE Mean Median SE Mean Median SE AA/CA CA/CC AA/CC
No. of starts 23.4 18.0 2.7 26.4 23.0 1.3 23.0 18.0 1.3 0.27 0.002 0.89
No. of victories 2.9 2.0 0.5 3.3 2.0 0.3 2.6 1.0 0.3 0.95 0.007 0.11
Victories (freq.) 0.126 0.111 0.020 0.111 0.080 0.008 0.088 0.054 0.008 0.68 0.11 0.13
No. of placings (1–3) 8.2 8.0 1.0 8.8 6.0 0.6 7.0 4.0 0.6 0.93 <0.001 0.007
Placings (1–3) (freq.) 0.323 0.329 0.031 0.298 0.286 0.013 0.243 0.225 0.014 0.70 0.005 0.03
No. of unplaced 11.0 7.0 1.5 12.0 11.0 0.6 11.0 9.0 0.6 0.31 0.004 0.93
Unplaced (freq.) 0.499 0.471 0.034 0.480 0.462 0.014 0.490 0.500 0.016 0.84 0.88 0.96
No. of disqualifications3 1.8 1.0 0.4 2.7 2.0 0.2 3.5 3.0 0.3 0.24 0.04 0.007
Disqualifications (freq.)3 0.111 0.043 0.024 0.142 0.100 0.013 0.229 0.188 0.019 0.65 <0.001 0.003
Earnings (SEK) 128 100 98 500 20 625 179 300 72 500 18 543 133 200 54 370 17 154 0.72 <0.001 0.03
Earnings/start (SEK) 4 963 3 895 594 5 417 3 781 428 4 178 2 873 355 1.00 0.007 0.19
Race time autostart (sec/km)4 89.1 88.9 0.4 89.5 88.8 0.5 89.9 89.8 0.3 0.76 0.002 0.39
Race time voltstart (sec/km)5 91.1 90.0 0.7 91.2 90.7 0.3 91.9 91.8 0.3 0.86 0.005 0.06

1 Transformed values were used for the analysis: log10, ln(earnings + 1 000) and ln(race time—68.2)

2 A multiple comparison test was performed using Tukey´s HSD test. Significant results (P≤0.05) in bold

3 n = 337

4 n = 275

5 n = 453