Table 3 Results of LMM (Model 1, n = 179 samples) for the effects of age and the three-way interaction of experimental group, phase and Capillaria infection (Cap) on uNEO levels.

From: Age, but not anthelmintic treatment, is associated with urinary neopterin levels in semi-free ranging Barbary macaques

 

estimate

std.error

confidence intervals

df

t-value

p-value

2.5%

97.5%

intercept

4.65

0.27

4.06

5.22

1.79

17.09

0.005

age

0.02

0.01

0.01

0.03

34.92

2.58

0.014 *

cap*exp.group*phase

0.38

0.27

−0.13

0.90

139.57

1.44

0.15

cap*exp.group

0.09

0.24

−0.35

0.55

71.88

0.40

0.69

cap*phase

−0.10

0.19

−0.47

0.27

141.28

−0.51

0.62

exp.group*phase

−0.03

0.17

−0.37

0.30

145.43

−0.21

0.83

exp.group

−0.09

0.15

−0.39

0.20

70.67

−0.55

0.58

phase

0.09

0.14

−0.18

0.35

18.10

0.62

0.54

cap

0.04

0.18

−0.30

0.38

62.09

0.22

0.82

sex

0.10

0.10

−0.08

0.29

37.00

1.08

0.29

log(uCP (ng/ml corr. SG))

0.03

0.02

−0.01

0.08

165.46

1.35

0.18

  1. The two-way interactions between Capillaria, experimental group and phase were retained although uninterpretable. The single terms experimental group, phase and Cap, sex and uCP levels were included as control variables, social group and individual ID as random factors.