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. 2019 Mar 14;9:4534. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-40994-9

Table 4.

Results of regression analyses for imidacloprid concentrations in organ samples and physical results: birth weight, fawn body weight, fawn age, FT3 and FT4, organ weights, fawn jawbone length.

Physical Responses Brain Liver Spleen Genital
Imidacloprid Concentration
Birth Weight F1,60 = 0.04, P = 0.83 F1,60 = 0.25, P = 0.61 F1,58 = 1.25, P = 0.26 F1,59 = 0.08, P = 0.77*
Fawn Body Weight at Death F1,57 = 0.98, P = 0.32 F1,56 = 0.35, P = 0.55 F1,55 = 8.22, P = 0.0058* F1,56 = 4.26, P = 0.04
Fawn Age (in Days) F1,59 = 1.78, P = 0.18 F1,60 = 0.0008, P = 0.97 F1,57 = 10.5, P = 0.0019* F1,58 = 1.71, P = 0.19
AF FT3 F1,19 = 2.96, P = 0.10 F1,19 = 0.04, P = 0.85 F1,19 = 1.89, P = 0.18 F1,19 = 0.04, P = 0.83
AF FT4 F1,19 = 4.1, P = 0.06 F1,19 = 0.09, P = 0.76 F1,19 = 1.30, P = 0.27 F1,19 = 0.57, P = 0.46
Fawn FT3 F1,39 = 0.41, P = 0.52 F1,39 = 2.9, P = 0.09 F1,38 = 0.74, P = 0.39 F1,39 = 0.20, P = 0.65
Fawn FT4 F1,40 = 0.01, P = 0.90 F1,40 = 0.0002, P = 0.98 F1,39 = 7.48, P = 0.009* F1,40 = 0.017, P = 0.89
AF Organ Weights F1,19 = 0.04, P = 0.84 F1,19 = 1.15, P = 0.3 F1,19 = 0.29, P = 0.6 F1,19 = 5.0, P = 0.04*
Fawn Organ Weights F1,59 = 2.42, P = 0.12 F1,60 = 0.10, P = 0.75 F1,57 = 8.78, P = 0.004* F1,58 = 5.55, P = 0.02*
Fawn Jawbone Length F1,59 = 1.5, P = 0.22 F1,60 = 0.11, P = 0.73 F1,57 = 9.98, P = 0.002* F1,58 = 2.38, P = 0.12

P-values were considered significant when < 0.05.

*Indicates P-values that are significant and indicates a negative correlation so as imidacloprid increases the physical response decreases.