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Table 1 Results of the statistical analysis of the in vivo experiment (p-values)

From: Effects of divergent selection upon adrenocortical activity on immune traits in pig

Parameters

HPA activity

Time

Interaction

Tympanic temperature

0.077

<2e-16

0.026

White blood cell counts (log)

0.052

<2e-16

0.015

Lymphocyte to granulocyte ratio (log)

0.92

<2e-16

0.64

Red cells

0.069

1.11e-12

0.503

Cortisol (log)

4.64e-07

<2e-16

0.052

Blood glucose

0.329

<2e-16

0.080

Free fatty acids (square root)

0.064

2.11e-12

0.236

Bilirubin

0.31

<2e-16

0.167

TNFα (log)

0.13

<2e-16

2.46e-4

IL-6 (log)

0.013

<2e-16

2.38e-4

  1. For each parameter, the effects of HPA activity, time and their interaction were tested in a two-way analysis of variance with repeated measures for the time factor