Table 3

Two-sample analyses of K⁺ current properties

Property	n cells,	n animals	Difference (Diff), CI, t or U, df, p	Notes
	di	pro
Slow V₅₀ activation	12, 5	13, 5	Diff, −1.888 [CI −6.587, 2.811] t = 0.8428, df = 18.42, p = 0.410	Welch’s correction
Slow activation slope	12, 5	13, 5	Diff, −0.2234 [CI −0.6005, 0.1537] t = 1.225, df = 23, p = 0.233
Slow V₀ inactivation	9, 4	12, 5	Diff, 1.42 [CI −7.327, 10.17] t = 0.3386, df = 20, p = 0.738
Slow inactivation slope	9, 4	12, 5	Diff, 0.7169 [CI −0.8095, 2.243] t = 1.038, df = 10.67, p = 0.322	Welch’s correction
Fast V₅₀	11, 4	13, 4	Diff, 2.201 [CI −4.110, 8.513] t = 0.7233, df = 22, p = 0.477
Fast activation slope	11, 4	13, 4	Diff, 0.451 [CI −0.5518, 1.454] t = 0.9327, df = 22, p = 0.361
Fast V₅₀ inactivation	11, 4	12, 4	Diff, 6.23 [CI 0.09700, 12.36] t = 2.180, df = 13.92, p = 0.047	Welch’s correction
Fast inactivation slope	11, 4	12, 4	Diff, −0.1266 [CI −0.9059, 0.6526] t = 0.3379, df = 21, p = 0.739
Residual V₅₀ activation	11, 4	13, 4	Diff, 1.329 [CI −4.612, 7.269] t = 0.4638, df = 22, p = 0.647
Residual activation slope	11, 4	13, 4	Diff, 0.1930 U = 61; p = 0.569	Mann–Whitney

Bold font indicates p < 0.05. Differences shown for means for normally-distributed data and medians for non-normally-distributed data.