Metabolic derangements and reduced survival of bile-extracted Asiatic black bears (Ursus thibetanus)

BMC Veterinary Research

Table 4 ANCOVA Model 2A: The difference in the effect of age on log Total White Blood Cell (TWBC). The “Estimate/Difference” is the estimated difference in the effect of age on TWBC between the bear groups specified in the “Level” column (log transformed)

Model	Obs	Bear Group (p-value)	Interactions			Level	Estimate/Difference	SE	Lower CI	Upper CI	p-value
Model	Obs	Bear Group (p-value)	Sex	Season	Age	Level	Estimate/Difference	SE	Lower CI	Upper CI	p-value
2A	255		–	–	0.0022	BE-FNE	0.0051	0.0129	−0.0204	0.0305	0.6963
						BE-Zoo	0.0062	0.0137	−0.0208	0.0333	0.6511
						BE-FR	0.0263	0.0189	−0.0110	0.0635	0.1657

“- -” indicates p-values > 0.05 and denotes interaction terms removed by stepwise selection, resulting in the reported significant p-values listed under Interaction after the other interactions terms were removed from the model

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