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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 17.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychiatry. 2009 Jul 3;66(11):1061–1066. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.05.026

Table 1.

Correlation Matrices

Female Offspring
n = 40 mice
 Litters = 17
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
 Father OF factor (1) 1.00 .37a .21 .02 .25 .07 .18 −.31a .01 .44
 Offspring OF factor (2) 1.00 .30b −.20 .01 .09 .03 −.18 .16 −.03
 Ln (Mother AN % time) (3) 1.00 .11 −.20 −.20 −.21 −.13 .25 .16
 Ln (Mother GP % time) (4) 1.00 .17 .11 .06 .07 −.30 .09
 Weight at weaning (5) 1.00 .74a .88a .17 .17 .07
 Adult body weight (6) 1.00 .73a .22 .09 −.04
 Brain weight (7) 1.00 .44a .21 −.01
 Hippocampus weight (8) 1.00 .20 −.28b
 Litter size (9) 1.00 .07
 Percent female (10) 1.00
Male Offspring
n = 58 mice
 Litters = 19
(2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
 Father OF factor (1) 1.00 .05a .37 .07 .39a .24b .27a .15 .38 .22
 Offspring OF factor (2) 1.00 .04 .05 .06 .02 −.02 −.07 −.38a .14
 Ln (Mother AN % time) (3) 1.00 −.05 .11 .22b −.05 −.02 .41 −.34
 Ln (Mother GP % time) (4) 1.00 .06 .08 .18 −.03 −.24 .09
 Weight at weaning (5) 1.00 .66a .70a .34a .39a .03
 Adult body weight (6) 1.00 .64a .15 .25b −.16
 Brain weight (7) 1.00 .34a .19 .10
 Hippocampus weight (8) 1.00 .31a .05
 Litter size (9) 1.00 .07
 Percent female (10) 1.00
Litters
n = 19
 Fathers = 17
 Mothers = 19
(3) (2) (3) (4) (5)
 Father OF factor (1) 1.00 .24 .02 .24 .42b
 Ln (Mother AN % time) (2) 1.00 −.02 .28 −.13
 Ln (Mother GP % time) (3) 1.00 −.26 .01
 Litter size (4) 1.00 .06
 Percent female (5) 1.00

To assess variables for possible contributions to offspring phenotypes, linear correlations are evaluated in female and male offspring. For litter-specific variables, linear correlations are also evaluated separately. Table contains Pearson r correlations. Significant correlations and trends are noted.

OF, open field; Ln, natural log; AN, arched-back nursing; GP, grooming pups.

a

p < .05.

b

p < .1.