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. 2022 May 18;12:207. doi: 10.1038/s41398-022-01973-3

Table 2.

Overview of ANOVA and, if appropriate, post-hoc pairwise comparisons between rats selectively bred for high (HAB) vs. low (LAB) anxiety behavior or not selectively bred (NAB) of their behaviors in a 5 min EPM or 5 min SxAT.

ANOVA Pairwise comparisons
Behavior F (2) p HAB vs. NAB HAB vs. LAB LAB vs. NAB
EPM (% time in OA) 48.977 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
FM (SxAT-1) 0.844 0.439
FM (SxAT-2) 3.237 0.051
FM (SxAT-3) 5.480 0.009 0.055 0.008 0.750
FM (SxAT-avg) 7.611 0.002 0.040 0.001 0.252
AB (SxAT-1) 0.024 0.976
AB (SxAT-2) 5.076 0.012 0.015 1.000 0.140
AB (SxAT-3) 3.930 0.029 0.069 1.000 0.095
AB (SxAT-avg) 5.493 0.008 0.014 1.000 0.071
CL (SxAT-1) 9.133 0.001 0.021 0.986 0.001
CL (SxAT-3) 1.618 0.213
CL (SxAT-avg) 5.169 0.011 0.071 1.000 0.020
LTA% (SxAT-avg) 12.39 0.001 <0.001

Significant differences in bold.