Table 3.

Tumor cytotoxicity of Mg-based materials. Supernatant LDH and dead cell numbers obtained from flow cytometry are presented as the arithmetical m±sd relative to the glass control. Statistics: Kruskal-Wallis H test with Dunn's multiple comparison test (n = 6); ** = p < 0.01, **** = p < 0.0001.

	relative supernatant LDH	relative dead cell numbers
glass control	1.00	1.00
lysis control	4.70 ± 0.50****	18.43 ± 5.52**
Mg	1.05 ± 0.17	2.60 ± 3.64
Mg–6Ag	1.10 ± 0.18	1.79 ± 1.74
Ti–6Al–4V	1.16 ± 0.05	3.79 ± 3.02