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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 11.
Published in final edited form as: Inhal Toxicol. 2009 Feb;21(3):223–233. doi: 10.1080/08958370802492407

TABLE 2.

Cardiac repolarization parameters, exposure to 10 µg/m3 at rest, difference from baseline

ECG parameter/
exposure
During
exposure
Hours after exposure
ANOVA
0 3.5 15 21
QTc (msec)
    Air −8 ± 5 −11 ± 5 1 ± 3 −7 ± 12 3 ± 4 NS
    UFP −3 ± 4 −4 ± 4 −0.4 ± 7 −6 ± 11 0.8 ± 5
T- wave amplitude (µV)
    Air 26 ± 19 43 ± 21 −44 ± 24 −44 ± 21 2 ± 18 NS
    UFP 31 ± 17 23 ± 16 −50 ± 18 −37 ± 16 24 ± 12
PCA
    Air −3 ± 1 −0.7 ± 0.9 −0.06 ± 1.9 1.5 ± 1 −1 ± 1 NS
    UFP −3 ± 0.7 −0.4 ± 0.7 0.9 ± 0.5 0.5 ± 1 −0.8 ± 0.9
PCA variability
    Air 0.21 ± 0.14 0.02 ± 0.16 0.07 ± 0.13 0.15 ± 0.10 0.04 ± 0.08 NS
    UFP 0.37 ± 0.13 0.13 ± 0.08 0.61 ± 0.42 0.08 ± 0.11 0.37 ± 0.10
ST in lead II (µV)
    Air 8 ± 5 −1 ± 3 −12 ± 4 3 ± 4 −1 ± 5 NS
    UFP 10 ± 5 2 ± 3 −12 ± 2 10 ± 4 6 ± 4
ST in V2 (µV)
    Air −4 ± 2 −3 ± 3 −6 ± 4 −10 ± 5 −9 ± 4 NS
    UFP −2 ± 2 0 ± 2 −3 ± 2 −10 ± 4 −7 ± 4
ST in V5 (µV)
    Air −2 ± 4 −4 ± 3 −16 ± 6 −7 ± 6 −12 ± 7 NS
    UFP 7 ± 2 4 ± 2 −7 ± 3 4 ± 3 0.3 ± 3