TABLE 3.

Wavelength-specific inactivation rate constants, comparing RNA damage (measured with the 2,169-base region) to loss of viral infectivity for MS2 coliphage

Wavelength (nm)	k (cm2/mJ) (95% CI; P value)		ANCOVA P valueb
	RNA damage	Infectivitya
210	0.176 (0.0780; 0.0104)	0.203 (0.0297; 8.3 × 10−7)	0.232
220	0.085 (0.0203; 9.3 × 10−4)	0.136 (0.0055; 1.1 × 10−10)	4.0 × 10−6
230	0.051 (0.0064; 8.7 × 10−4)	0.065 (0.0044; 4.2 × 10−9)	1.7 × 10−4
240	0.046 (0.1278; 0.136)	0.034 (0.0028; 1.4 × 10−8)	0.035
253.7	0.058 (0.0020; 1.7 × 10−3)	0.050 (0.0095; 3.6 × 10−7)	0.515
260	0.061 (0.0079; 1.5 × 10−4)	0.070 (0.0059; 7.0 × 10−7)	0.028
270	0.051 (0.1243; 0.122)	0.059 (0.0065; 1.2 × 10−7)	0.349
280	0.035 (0.0233; 0.033)	0.043 (0.0075; 8.7 × 10−6)	0.353
290	0.021 (0.0052; 1.0 × 10−3)	0.020 (0.0043; 7.6 × 10−5)	0.624

^aSee reference 28.

^bFor ANCOVA, statistical significance was defined as a P value of <0.05.