Research Article
Enhancing Presurgical Infant Orthopedic Appliances: Characterization, Mechanics, and Biofilm Inhibition of a Novel Chlorhexidine-Halloysite Nanotube-Modified PMMA
Table 1
Descriptive statistics of the biofilm inhibition ability of the CHX-HNTs.
| | Microbes | Material (%) | Descriptive statistics | Shapiro–Wilk | | Min | Max | Mean | S.D | value |
| | C. albicans | CHX-HNT 1 | 37.00 | 53.00 | 42.8000 | 6.26099 | 0.272 | | CHX-HNT 1.5 | 39.00 | 59.00 | 49.0000 | 7.31437 | 0.985 | | CHX-HNT 3 | 78.00 | 87.00 | 81.8000 | 3.42053 | 0.617 | | CHX-HNT 4.5 | 95.00 | 99.00 | 96.6000 | 1.67332 | 0.269 |
| | S. aureus | CHX-HNT 1 | 6.00 | 19.00 | 13.6000 | 5.41295 | 0.314 | | CHX-HNT 1.5 | 27.00 | 44.00 | 33.2000 | 7.52994 | 0.335 | | CHX-HNT 3 | 51.00 | 66.00 | 59.0000 | 5.61249 | 0.833 | | CHX-HNT 4.5 | 74.00 | 86.00 | 79.0000 | 4.89898 | 0.314 |
| | S. agalactiae | CHX-HNT 1 | 7.00 | 18.00 | 11.8000 | 5.06952 | 0.325 | | CHX-HNT 1.5 | 25.00 | 43.00 | 35.2000 | 7.46324 | 0.619 | | CHX-HNT 3 | 63.00 | 81.00 | 73.0000 | 7.24569 | 0.246 | | CHX-HNT 4.5 | 94.00 | 98.00 | 95.8000 | 1.48324 | 0.786 |
| | S. pneumonia | CHX-HNT 1 | 10.00 | 21.00 | 11.8000 | 8.46759 | 0.314 | | CHX-HNT 1.5 | 27.00 | 44.00 | 37.4000 | 6.42651 | 0.335 | | CHX-HNT 3 | 92.00 | 94.00 | 93.2000 | 1.09545 | 0.833 | | CHX-HNT 4.5 | 95.00 | 99.00 | 96.6000 | 1.51658 | 0.314 |
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Statistically significant difference ( value ≤0.005); min: minimum; max: maximum; SD: standard deviation. |
