Table 1.
Results of In Vitro Water Flow Chamber Experiments
Experiment | 0 min | 1 min | 3 min | 5 min | 10 min | Time-Weighted Average | P Value* |
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50–100-nm | |||||||
Control | 1 | 0.899 ± 0.068 | 1.119 ± 0.254 | 1.009 ± 0.022 | 1.056 ± 0.056 | 1.026 ± 0.038 (0.930–1.121) | |
Large magnet | 1 | 0.173 ± 0.072 | 0.032 ± 0.014 | 0.017 ± 0.010 | 0.012 ± 0.006 | 0.092 ± 0.015 (0.054–0.129) | < .05 |
Small magnet | 1 | 0.334 ± 0.099 | 0.137 ± 0.054 | 0.065 ± 0.030 | 0.033 ± 0.009 | 0.158 ± 0.035 (0.072–0.245) | < .05 |
1–5-μm | |||||||
Control | 1 | 0.886 ± 0.058 | 1.086 ± 0.243 | 0.980 ± 0.197 | 1.004 ± 0.176 | 0.994 ± 0.169 (0.575–1.414) | |
Large magnet | 1 | 0.240 ± 0.036 | 0.081 ± 0.049 | 0.018 ± 0.009 | 0.011 ± 0.014 | 0.111 ± 0.010 (0.085–0.137) | < .05 |
Small magnet | 1 | 0.329 ± 0.032 | 0.097 ± 0.016 | 0.037 ± 0.004 | 0.010 ± 0.006 | 0.134 ± 0.009 (0.112–0.156) | < .05 |
Note–Values presented as mean ± standard deviation. Values in parentheses are 95% confidence intervals.
Concentrations in water were lower in experimental runs with the magnet compared with matched controls by analysis of variance with Student–Newman–Keuls pairwise comparisons.