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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the analysed immunity parameters and piglet survival traits

From: Insights into genetic determinants of piglet survival during a PRRSV outbreak

Variable	n	IgG¹	SOX13¹	Deaths	Survival
Censoring
Alive	82	4.84^a	6.42^a	0	1.00^a
Deads	47	4.44^a	7.80^b	47	0.00^b
Pen
1	22	5.09^a	6.92^ab	5	0.77^a
2	21	4.68^ab	5.99^a	9	0.57^ab
3	20	3.74^b	6.84^ab	11	0.45^b
4	22	4.35^ab	6.48^a	7	0.68^ab
5	22	5.56^a	6.41^a	4	0.82^a
6	22	4.68^ab	8.85^b	11	0.50^b
Sire
Low survival (n = 5)	28	3.97^b	9.73^b	23	0.18^b
Medium survival (n = 7)	57	4.66^a	6.51^a	22	0.61^ab
High survival (n = 8)	44	4.73^a	6.82^a	2	0.95^a

¹Only 128 and 122 animals have values of IgG and SOX13 gene expression in blood, respectively
^a,bEstimates with different letter superscripts within a column are significantly different at a nominal P < 0.05

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