Comparison of Hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.4 (6%) with commonly used agents in an experimental Pleurodesis model

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Table 1 Comparison of pleural adhesion levels between the experimental groups

	Control (n = 8)		PI (n = 6)		Talc (n = 7)		AB (n = 7)		HES (n = 8)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Normal pleura	8_a	100	0_b	0	0_b	0	0_b	0	4_c	50
Adhesions at several sites	0_a	0	2_{a, b}	33.3	0_a	0	0_a	0	4_b	50
Widely dispersed adhesion	0_a	0	4_b	66.7	6_b	85.7	4_b	57.1	0_a	0
Complete adherence	0_a	0	0_{a, b}	0.0	1_{a, b}	14.3	3_b	42.9	0_a	0

Pearson Chi-square test with subset comparison for column proportions. Chi-Square = 48.816, p < 0.001. Percentages represent column proportion. The same letters indicate the lack of significant difference from other group subsets (No correction for multiple hypothesis testing)

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