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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Nov 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Insects Food Feed. 2023 Apr 7;9(9):1187–1197. doi: 10.3920/JIFF2022.0046

Table 3. Quadratic model and linear model regression coefficients for the protein content and coliforms of the mopane worm.

Source Protein content Coliforms
Coefficients P-value Coefficients P-value
Intercept +49.1100 +2.6300
A: boiling time (min) +0.1217 <0.0001 -1.5500 <0.0001
B: drying temperature -0.1445 <0.0001 -0.1318 0.0236
AB -0.1475 <0.0001 +0.0525 0.4437
A2 -0.0441 0.0058 +0.3533 0.0005
B2 -0.0498 0.0011 -0.0195 0.7011
Model <0.0001 <0.0001
Lack of fit 0.3107 0.0539
R2 0.99 0.99
Adjusted R2 0.98 0.99
Predicted R2 0.95 0.96