Table 1.

Effect of chronic intermittent hypobaric hypoxia on body weight of developing rats

Treatment groupsa	Body weight of developing rats at different experimental time-points
	14 day (g)	21 day (g)	28 day (g)	35 day (g)	42 day (g)
CON	29.50 ± 0.78	45.90 ± 0.86	99.30 ± 3.31	149.90 ± 1.35	199.00 ± 4.33
CIHH	28.80 ± 0.65	45.10 ± 0.65	98.90 ± 2.16	148.00 ± 1.27	198.40 ± 3.13

All data expressed as the mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM) (n = 6 rats per group)

^aCIHH, Chronic intermittent hypobaric hypoxia; CON, control; for more detail see section “Animal groups and hypoxia treatment”