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Table 5 GLM analyses on the relationship between host immunity and physiology

From: Are fish immune systems really affected by parasites? an immunoecological study of common carp (Cyprinus carpio)

Dependent variable

Independent variables

SS

Df

F

p

Total F (p)

Condition factor

GSI

0.018

1

4.628

0.034

 
 

HSI

0.059

1

15.24

0.000

 
 

Haemoglobin

0.019

1

5.039

0.027

 
 

Sampling

0.131

4

8.505

0.000

6.629 (< 0.0001)

GSI

Condition factor

1.275

1

4.628

0.034

 
 

HSI

3.948

1

14.329

0.000

 
 

Haemoglobin

2.321

1

8.423

0.004

 
 

IgM

4.237

1

15.378

0.000

 
 

Sampling

5.853

4

5.311

0.001

11.34 (< 0.0001)

HSI

Condition factor

0.152

1

15.24

0.000

 
 

GSI

0.143

1

14.329

0.000

 
 

Sampling

0.514

4

12.916

0.000

20.054 (< 0.001)

Haemoglobin

GSI

0.043

1

7.681

0.007

 
 

Sampling

0.351

4

15.763

0.000

 
 

Sex

0.129

1

23.191

0.000

11.384 (< 0.001)

SSI

Sampling

0.44

4

6.446

0.000

3.691 (0.0001)

Phagocytes

Respiratory burst

2.924

1

35.009

0.000

 
 

Sampling

1.871

4

5.602

0.000

10.771 (< 0.0001)

Respiratory burst

Phagocytes

402.309

1

35.009

0.000

 
 

Sampling

242.144

4

5.268

0.001

9.922 (< 0.0001)

IgM concentration

Sampling

378.458

4

4.372

0.003

 
 

Sex

504.633

1

23.316

0.000

 
 

Sampling_Sex

597.857

4

6.906

0.000

7.773 (< 0.0001)

Complement

Sampling

1.972

4

19.414

0.000

9.189 (< 0.0001)

11-ketotestosterone

GSI

6586.91

1

25.556

0.000

 
 

Respiratory burst

1791.337

1

6.95

0.011

 
 

Complement

3611.305

1

14.011

0.000

6.524 (< 0.0001)

  1. GLM analyses on the relationship between immune and physiological parameters, taking into account sampling period and sex effect.