Table 2 Characteristics of animals used in omic approaches
Characteristics | N (%) |
|---|---|
Species | |
Rats | 23 (56%) |
 Wistar | 9 (22%) |
 Fisher (CDF strain) | 7 (17.1%) |
 Sprague–Dawley | 6 (14.6%) |
 Lewis | 1 (2.4%) |
Mice | 18 (44%) |
 C57BL/6 | 11 (26.8%) |
 Lupus-prone NZBWF1 | 5 (12.2%) |
 NZM2410 | 1 (2.4%) |
 Balb/c | 1 (2.4%) |
Sex | |
 Male | 30 (66.7%) |
 Female | 13 (28.9%) |
 Not mentioned | 2 (4.4%) |
Age at the beginning of experiment | |
  ≤ 6 weeks | 8 (19%) |
 6–10 weeks | 25 (59.6%) |
 ≥ 11 weeks | 7 (19%) |
 Not mentioned | 1 (2.4%) |
Number of animals per group | |
Experimental group | |
 n ≤ 5 | 4 (9.3%) |
 6 > n > 10 | 20 (46.5%) |
 n ≥ 11 | 8 (18.6%) |
 Not mentioned | 11 (25.6%) |
Omic method group | |
 n ≤ 5 | 17 (38.6%) |
 6 > n > 10 | 13 (29.6%) |
 Not mentioned | 14 (31.8%) |