Table 1.

Effect of diet, age, and sex on bacterial communities in the cecum of mice

	DF	SumsOfSqs	MeanSqs	F Model	P
Diet × age × sex	2	0.004	0.002	2.376	0.039
Diet × age	2	0.003	0.002	1.950	0.064
Diet × sex	1	0.001	0.001	1.047	0.326
Age × sex	2	0.002	0.001	1.345	0.215
Diet	1	0.002	0.002	2.342	0.075
Age	2	0.065	0.032	40.297	0.001
Sex	1	0.001	0.001	1.341	0.215
Residuals	70	0.056	0.001
Total	81	0.134

DF, degree of freedom; MeanSqs = SumsOfSqs/df, mean squares; F Model, F-tests; SumsOfSqs, sum of squares; n = 8/diet group/sex/time point.