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. 2021 Dec 6;9:681665. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2021.681665

TABLE 2.

hES2-hvCAS Calcium Transient (CaT) Parameters in acute hypokalaemia. Data analysis was performed for 1.5 Hz electrical stimulation recordings.

Parameters Sample Median Lower 95% CI Upper 95% CI N p Value
(a) Amplitude (ΔF represents the change in fluorescence intensity) NormoK 0.861 0.707 1.16 12 ***
< 0.001
hypoK 1.37 1.28 1.5 13
(b) CaT Duration (CaTDx) (Time duration in millisecond from the peak fluorescence intensity to the corresponding fluorescence decay intervals) x
30% NormoK 141 129 153 11 **
= 0.001
hypoK 161 150 170 10
50% NormoK 223 213 235 11 **
= 0.003
hypoK 242 232 252 10
70% NormoK 292 285 311 11 *
= 0.009
hypoK 318 306 330 10
90% NormoK 379 358 392 11 **
= 0.002
hypoK 403 393 416 10
(c) Time-to-peak/Activation Latency (Time duration in millisecond from the start of the rise of the fluorescence intensity to the peak fluorescence intensity) NormoK 141 129 150 12 *
= 0.045
hypoK 153 143 158 11
(d) Upstroke Velocity (ΔF/millisecond; ΔF represents the change in fluorescence intensity) NormoK 0.00498 0.00456 0.00569 11 ***
< 0.001
hypoK 0.00801 0.0073 0.00923 10

NormoK, normokalaemia; hypoK, hypokalaemia.