Table 3

Confounding relationships for selected factors in liver


RAE230A
RAE230 2.0
RGU34A

Gender
None
n/a – all males
None
Diet
OrganSection + Fixation
OrganSection + DoseDuration/Strain/SacMethod/Vehicle
None
Strain
OrganSection + Fixation
SacMethod + DoseDuration/RNAAmount/Age/Fasted/SacMethod/Diet/Vehicle/OrganSection
Diet + DoseDuration/Route/Age/OrganSection
Fasted
OrganSection or Diet + Strain
DoseDuration/Strain/SacMethod/Diet/Vehicle/OrganSection
Diet + RNAAmount + Scanner/Fixation/SacMethod/Vehicle/OrganSection

Boedigheimer et al. BMC Genomics 2008 9:285   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-9-285