Table 1
Peak and plateau levels of expired nitric oxide (PNO and PLNO) in the study population and controls
| Mean (SD) | Mean differences vs controls |
95% Confidence intervals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| + | − | ||||||
| PNO (ppb) | |||||||
| Group 1 | 22.33 (12.62) | −1.91 | 9.12 | −12.95 | |||
| Group 2 | 19.97 (14.81) | −4.27 | 8.02 | −16.56 | |||
| Group 3 | 27.56 (13.95) | 3.32 | 13.96 | −7.33 | |||
| Controls | 24.24 (9.09) | ||||||
| PLNO (ppb) | |||||||
| Group 1 | 5.53 (2.93)1-150 | −3.92 | −0.73 | −6.40 | |||
| Group 2 | 5.75 (3.52)1-150 | −3.71 | −0.20 | −6.49 | |||
| Group 3 | 7.07 (2.75) | −2.39 | 0.44 | −4.50 | |||
| Controls | 9.46 (2.79) | ||||||
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PLNO: general effect of one way ANOVA, F (3.66) = 4.9 (p<0.01).
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↵1-150 Significant post hoc difference at p<0.05 levels (groups 1 and 2 versus group 3 and control).
