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.

From: Modelling sexual violence in male rats: the sexual aggression test (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

  1. Significant differences in bold.