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Relative Contributions of Surface Roughness and Crystalline Structure to the Biocompatibility of Titanium Nitride and Titanium Oxide Coatings Deposited by PVD and TPS Coatings

Table 2

Effects of the surfaces on CRL-11372 cell yield and viability after culturing for 24 h.


Group	Cell count (10⁴ cells/mL) ± SD	Viability (%)

P	*	91.17**
TiN	^†	89.42^††
C	^‡	89.38^††
SC		82.77^‡‡
TPS	^∣∣	86.57
CG		91.08**
	KW: 33.88	KW: 17.34

Significant difference compared with Groups C, SC, and TPS (significant at 95%) and Group CG (significant at 99.9%).
^†Significant difference compared with Groups C, TPS (significant at 95%) and Group CG (significant at 99.9%).
^‡Significant difference compared with Groups P, TiN, and CG (significant at 99.9%) and Group SC (significant at 95%).
Significant difference compared with Groups C, TPS, and CG (significant at 99.9%) and Group P (significant at 95%).
^∣∣Significant difference compared with Groups P, TiN (significant at 95%) and Group SC (significant at 99.9%).
Significant difference compared with Groups P, TiN, and SC (significant at 99.9%) and Group C (significant at 95.0%).
**Significant difference compared with Groups SC (significant at 99.9%).
^††Significant difference compared with Groups SC (significant at 95.0%).
^‡‡Significant difference compared with Groups TiN, C (significant at 95.0%) and Groups P and CG, (significant at 99.9%).