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. 2012 Jan 9;7(1):e29589. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029589

Table 3. Median ACH, range and number of measurements that are above the WHO recommendation for each room, comparing window only and turbine and grate only.

Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 Room 4 Total(all rooms)
WHO recommended ACH 10.0 6.7 7.4 6.5
Window only (scenario 2)
Number of experiments 51 5 26 24 106
Median ACH 8.1 3.7 7.3 11.4 8.5
IQR 6.2–10.1 2.7–4.8 3.5–11.2 7.2–15.7 5.5–11.5
Range 2.1–29.6 2.0–4.6 1.3–16.4 2.4–24.8 1.3–29.6
No. above WHO recommendation 15 (29%) 0 (0%) 13 (50%) 20 (83%) 48 (45%)
Turbine and grate only (scenario 3)
Number of experiments 43 7 23 22 95
median ACH 8.9 13.5 16.7 13.4 11.3
IQR 5.8–12.0 10.6–16.4 9.4–24.1 8.0–18.9 7.2–15.4
Range 3.2–21.6 9.2–17.2 8.4–30.0 6.3–37.7 3.2–37.7
No. above WHO recommendation 20 (47%) 7 (100%) 23 (100%) 21 (95%) 71 (75%)
Comparison between scenarios 2 and 3
P value (comparison of medians) 0.28 0.004 <0.000 0.07 <0.000
P value (comparison of proportion above WHO recommendation) 0.09 0.004 <0.000 0.40 <0.000
% Contribution of roof turbine to ACH* (95% CI) 71 (64–78) 61 (48–75) 49 (43–55) 40 (36–43) 58 (53–62)

*Calculated by using the measurement of actual flow through the turbine, at the same time as overall ACH measurement.