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Table 2 Results of locomotor activity and feeding behaviours and rhythms of the cats according to their sex (male versus female)

From: Daily rhythms in food intake and locomotor activity in a colony of domestic cats

 

Male (n = 7)

Female (n = 7)

Test

Test value

Significance

Mass (kg)

6.41 ± 0.26

4.36 ± 0.22

t-test

t12 = − 6.071

p < 0.001

DCD (km)

2.40 ± 0.57

1.09 ± 0.26

Mann–Whitney

U = 10.0

p = 0.073

AR amplitude

533 ± 70

332 ± 39

Mann–Whitney

U = 10.0

p = 0.073

AR IS

0.45 ± 0.03

0.35 ± 0.04

t-test

t12 = − 1.971

p = 0.072

AR IV

1.60 ± 0.15

1.66 ± 0.10

t-test

t12 = 0.325

p = 0.751

DFI (g)

52.6 ± 3.5

40.2 ± 5.6

Mann–Whitney

U = 7.0

p < 0.05

FR amplitude

267 ± 28

230 ± 40

t-test

t9 = − 0.758

p = 0.468

FR IS

0.33 ± 0.02

0.27 ± 0.03

t-test

t12 = − 1.546

p = 0.148

FR IV

1.97 ± 0.08

2.14 ± 0.13

t-test

t12 = 1.444

p = 0.174

  1. DCD daily covered distance, AR activity rhythm, IS interdaily stability, IV intradaily variability, DFI daily food intake, FR feeding rhythm
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