Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for each dependent variable in relation to sex and treatment.
| OIL | BPA | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Females | Males | Females | Males | |||||||
| Outcome | M | SD | M | SD | d | M | SD | M | Sd | d |
| FOF | ||||||||||
| Exp | 143.10 | 105.78 | 100.05 | 74.48 | 0.46 [−0.27; 1.21] | 140.81 | 96.81 | 54.73 | 70.98 | 1.01 [0.22; 1.79] * |
| RA | 35.5 | 27.63 | 33.9 | 31.18 | 0.46 [−0.27; 1.21] | 27.92 | 31.03 | 19.93 | 17.14 | 0.43 [−0.31; 1.17] |
| Rear | 0.45 | 1.19 | 0.18 | 0.41 | 0.29 [−0.43; 1.02] | 0.12 | 0.48 | 1.35 | 1.96 | 0.85 [0.08; 1.61] |
| EPM | ||||||||||
| %CA | 56.37 | 12.52 | 71.96 | 13.03 | 1.21 [0.41; 2.02]* | 66.10 | 16.43 | 68.00 | 13.55 | 0.12 [−0.84; 0.60] |
| %CE | 31.45 | 11.23 | 18.84 | 7.14 | 1.33 [0.53; 2.14]* | 21.77 | 10.44 | 19.65 | 10.78 | 0.20 [−0.52; 0.92] |
| HD | 20.35 | 6.23 | 12.85 | 5.03 | 1.32 [0.52; 2.12]* | 14.42 | 4.92 | 13.78 | 5.95 | 0.11 [−0.60; 0.84] |
| RA | 21.87 | 6.66 | 20.42 | 4.53 | 0.25 [−0.55; 1.05] | 18.5 | 5.74 | 17.28 | 5.92 | 0.20 [−0.51; 0.93] |
| POA | ||||||||||
| Density | 177.81 | 15.92 | 161.97 | 13.25 | 1.08 [0.04; 2.11] | 182.40 | 19.42 | 174.87 | 17.02 | 0.40 [−0.53; 1.34] |
| Kd | 1.65 | 0.40 | 1.29 | 0.45 | 0.29 [−1.23; 0.65] | 1.70 | 0.46 | 1.59 | 0.37 | 0.26 [−0.73; 1.26] |
| LC | ||||||||||
| Density | 195.72 | 7.99 | 190.06 | 9.99 | 0.62 [−0.37; 1.62] | 195.00 | 14.61 | 192.88 | 9.43 | 0.17 [−0.81; 1.15] |
| Kd | 0.76 | 0.9 | 0.74 | 0.11 | 0.10 [−0.87; 1.08] | 0.92 | 0.15 | 0.88 | 0.15 | 0.23 [−0.47; 1.21] |
Note. FOF = free exploratory open field; Exp = total exploration time (s); RA = total risk assessment (s); Rear = total rearing (s); EPM = elevated Plus Maze; %CA = % time in closed arms; %CE = % time in center; HS = total number of head dips; RA = total time in risk assessment; POA = preoptic area; LC = locus coeruleus; d = Cohen’s d, presented with 95% confidence interval; * p < 0.025 (preplanned comparisons with Bonferroni’s adjustment).