Table 3

Lung injury score

4 h
 24 h
Subgroup
 Edema
 Infiltration
 Edema
 Infiltration
C-Air
 0 ± 0
 0.1 ± 0.2
 0 ± 0
 0.1 ± 0.2
LPS-Air
 0.5 ± 0.4#
 0.8 ± 0.3#
 0.6 ± 0.2##
 1.2 ± 0.3##
C-ONO
 0.2 ± 0.3
 0.1 ± 0.2
 0.2 ± 0.3
 0.2 ± 0.4
LPS-ONO
 0.7 ± 0.4#
 0.9 ± 0.4#
 0.8 ± 0.4#
 1.4 ± 0.2##*
C-O
 0.1 ± 0.2
 0.3 ± 0.5
 0.3 ± 0.3
 0.3 ± 0.4
LPS-O
 0.7 ± 0.3#
 1.0 ± 0.4#
 1.1 ± 0.2##
 1.9 ± 0.4##+
C-NO
 0.1 ± 0.2
 0 ± 0
 0.2 ± 0.3
 0.2 ± 0.3
LPS-NO
 0.6 ± 0.2#
 1.1 ± 0.4#
 0.7 ± 0.4#
 0.7 ± 0.3#+
(K-W)
 p = 0.001
 p < 0.001
 p < 0.001
 p < 0.001

Definition of abbreviations: (K-W), Kruskal-Wallis test of analysis of variance. Values are means ± SD (n = 5). For group definitions, see Table 1 legends. Statistical analysis: # p < 0.05, ## p < 0.01 vs the corresponding control subgroup; + p < 0.05 vs LPS-Air; * p < 0.05 vs LPS-O.

Gong et al. Respiratory Research 2006 7:5   doi:10.1186/1465-9921-7-5