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Table 3 Down-Up: immunity indicators that decrease first and then increase in broiler chickens from d 1 to 34

From: Effects of age on immune function in broiler chickens

Immunity indicators

Vertex coordinatesa

R2

Regression equation

Serum IL-1β, pg/mL

(8, 21.74)

0.862

Y = 0.040637X2–0.652X + 24.361

Serum IL-4, pg/mL

(11, 68.15)

0.539

Y = 0.024697X2–0.564X + 71.368

Serum IL-10, pg/mL

(8, 18.40)

0.809

Y = 0.029038X2–0.460X + 20.226

Serum IFN-γ, pg/mL

(9, 47.21)

0.917

Y = 0.024298X2–0.438X + 49.091

Serum IgA, g/L

(3, 0.71)

0.332

Y = 0.00022X2–0.001X + 0.716

Spleen IL-6

(15, 0.43)

0.452

Y = 0.002893X2–0.085X + 1.059

Ileum IL-2

(10, 0.97)

0.644

Y = 0.003977X2–0.077X + 1.347

Ileum IFN-γ/IL-4

(8, 0.34)

0.758

Y = 0.007573X2–0.126X + 0.861

Ileum Lysozyme C

(7, 0.52)

0.46

Y = 0.00181X2–0.024X + 0.598

  1. aThe X and Y of the vertex coordinates are the age and extreme value respectively