An experimental study on lung deposition of inhaled 2 μm particles in relation to lung characteristics and deposition models

Table 3 The average modelled DF_mod (± SD).

Model	DF_mod (± SD)	Alveolar deposition (% of DF)	Pearson’s r	P
ICRP	0.38 (± 0.08)	64 (± 6)	0.88	< 0.0001
NCRP	0.44 (± 0.12)	75 (± 6)	0.91	< 0.0001
NCRP_F	0.43 (± 0.11)	75 (± 6)	0.89	< 0.0001
MPPD-Y&S	0.43 (± 0.10)	74 (± 6)	0.92	< 0.0001
MPPD-PNNL	0.54 (± 0.08)	65 (± 5)	0.93	< 0.0001
MPPD-PNNL_F	0.53 (± 0.08)	65 (± 5)	0.89	< 0.0001
K&H	0.52 (± 0.10)		0.88	< 0.0001

Also shown is percentage of total DF_mod deposited in the alveolar region and Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r) describing the correlation between DF_mod with DF_meas, with associated p-values indicated

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