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Table 1 Animal Usage

From: High-fat Western diet alters crystalline silica-induced airway epithelium ion transport but not airway smooth muscle reactivity

 

Number of animals

Ion transport study

 STD + AIR 0 week

8

 STD + SIL 0 week

8

 HFWD + AIR 0 week

8

 HFWD + SIL 0 week

8

 STD + AIR 4 weeks

8

 STD + SIL 4 weeks

8

 HFWD + AIR 4 weeks

8

 HFWD + SIL 4 weeks

8

 STD + AIR 8 weeks

8

 STD + SIL 8 weeks

8

 HFWD + AIR 8 weeks

8

 HFWD + SIL 8 weeks

8

Smooth muscle study

 STD + AIR 0 week

8

 STD + SIL 0 week

8

 HFWD + AIR 0 week

8

 HFWD + SIL 0 week

8

 STD + AIR 4 weeks

8

 STD + SIL 4 weeks

8

 HFWD + AIR 4 weeks

8

 HFWD + SIL 4 weeks

8

 STD + AIR 8 weeks

8

 STD + SIL 8 weeks

8

 HFWD + AIR 8 weeks

8

 HFWD + SIL 8 weeks

8

Total animals

192

  1. Each animal was a single unit. An n = 8 deemed sufficient to observe significant differences between groups using a power analysis conducted by a NIOSH staff statistician (MLK). There was a total of 96 animals used for each experiment and 192 for the entire study
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BMC Research Notes

ISSN: 1756-0500

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