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. 2015 Dec 16;5:18448. doi: 10.1038/srep18448

Table 2. Mean (pore radius) and variance of the log-normal pore size distribution for the four MCO prototype membranes, conventional high-flux and high cut-off membranes before and after blood exposure.

Membrane Before blood exposure
After blood exposure
Mean [nm] Variance [nm] Mean [nm] Variance [nm]
Revaclear 3.0 ± 0.3 2 ± 1 2.42 ± 0.08 0.587 ± 0.003
MCO 1 4.1 ± 0.2 4.7 ± 0.8 2.5 ± 0.1 0.6 ± 0.2
MCO 2 4.0 ± 0.2 4.6 ± 0.4 2.55 ± 0.07 0.7 ± 0.1
MCO 3 4.40 ± 0.03 6.4 ± 0.1 2.9 ± 0.1 1.3 ± 0.4
MCO 4 4.8 ± 0.2 8.8 ± 0.4 3.3 ± 0.6 3 ± 3
Theralite 5.1 ± 0.3 11 ± 2 3.4 ± 0.2 2 ± 1

Values are average ± standard deviation for n = 3.