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. 2022 Jan 19;14(1):e21439. doi: 10.7759/cureus.21439

Table 1. Checklist of items for animal details (Domain A).

*Chi-square test, **Fisher's exact test; df: degrees of freedom, ARRIVE: Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments

Item No. Checklist Items Indian journal International journal Pearson Chi-square value df p-value
A. Animal Details Yes n (%) No n (%) Yes n (%) No n (%)
1. Common name of animals/Animal species 177 (100%) 0 (0%) 51 (100%) 0 (0%) -   -*
2. Strain of the animals 169 (95.48%) 8 (4.5%) 46 (90.19%) 5 (9.81%)     0.090**
3. Sub strain of the animals 0 (0%) 177 (100%) 0 (0%) 51 (100%) -   -*
4. Sex of the animals 162 (91.53%) 15 (8.47%) 43 (84.31%) 8 (15.67%) 2.27 1 0.132*
5. Age or age range 36 (20.34%) 141 (79.66%) 3 (5.88%) 48 (94.12%) 5.836 1 0.016*
 6. Weight (mean) 160 (90.4%) 17 (9.6%) 47 (92.15%) 4 (7.85%)     1.000**
7. Genetic modification status 0 (0%) 177 (100%) 0 (0%) 51 (100%) -   -*
8. Genotype 0 (0%) 177 (100%) 0 (0%) 51 (100%) -   -*
9. Housing and husbandry 148 (83.62%) 29 (16.38%) 51 (100%) 0 (0%) 9.574 1 0.002*
10. Source of the animals 91 (51.41%) 86 (48.59%) 30 (58.82%) 21 (41.18%) 0.873 1 0.350
11. Health and immune status of animals 0 (0%) 180 (100%) 0 (0%) 51 (100%) -   -  
12. Drug used or drug naïve 1 (0.55%) 176 (99.44%) 0 (0%) 51 (100%)     1.000**  
13. Previous procedure 0 (0%) 177 (100%) 0 (0%) 51 (100%) -   -
14. Sample size calculation 0 (0%) 180 (100%) 0 (0%) 51 (100%) -   -
15. Sample size (No. of animals utilized for the study) 150 (84.75%) 27 (15.25%) 47 (92.15%) 4 (7.85%) 1.851 1 0.174*
16. No. of control/ experimental groups 154 (87.00%) 23 (13.00%) 48 (94.11%) 3 (5.89%) 1.982 1 0.159*  
17. Randomization as per recommendation in ARRIVE guidelines 0 (0%) 177 (100%) 0 (0%) 51 (100%) -   -