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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 7.
Published in final edited form as: Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2012 Aug 13;295(10):1707–1716. doi: 10.1002/ar.22545

TABLE 3.

Statistical summary of exposure and age effects on alveolar growth and size

Exposure Age HDMA Ozone HDMA + Ozone Two-way ANOVA

HDMA(HD) vs. Ozone




3 months 6 months 3 months 6 months 3 months 6 months Age (months) in parenthesis HD OZONE
Lobe Volume NS P < 0.001 NS NS NS NS NS 0.026 NS 0.009(6)
Number Alveoli 0.020 P < 0.001 NS NS 0.041 NS 0.006 NS NS P < 0.001(3)
Number-weighted alveolar volume P < 0.001 NS NS NS 0.026 NS 0.002 NS NS P < 0.001(3), P < 0.001(6)
Cv P < 0.001 NS NS NS 0.017 NS 0.001 NS NS P < 0.001(3), P < 0.001(6)
Ss Capillary P < 0.001 P < 0.001 NS NS P < 0.001 NS 0.001 NS NS P < 0.001(3)