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Table 1.

Baseline values of cardiovascular variables in all groups and in different conditions (mean ±s.e.m.)

		MAP (mmHg)	FBF (ml min⁻¹)	HR (beats min⁻¹)	Baseline FVR (mmHg ml⁻¹ min)
Group 1 (N rats)	Control	107 ± 3	1.25 ± 0.13	395 ± 12	94.5 ± 10.0
	H	82 ± 3^†^†^†	1.50 ± 0.17	408 ± 24	61.9 ± 9.4^†
	SNP	79 ± 4^†^†^†	1.39 ± 0.13^†	397 ± 21	55.9 ± 6.8^†^†^†
	l-NAME	138 ± 4^†^†^†	0.88 ± 0.08^†^†	324 ± 12^†^†^†	163.5 ± 14.9^†^†^†
	l-NAME + H	99 ± 6	0.80 ± 0.10^†	337 ± 19^†	124.0 ± 11.0
	l-NAME + SNP	87 ± 6	1.00 ± 0.07	366 ± 30	85.7 ± 9.3
Group 2 (CH rats)	Control	105 ± 3	2.11 ± 0.19^^	386 ± 10	53.4 ± 4.0^^^*
	l-NAME	141 ± 2^†^†^†	1.87 ± 0.16^^^*	336 ± 10^†^†^†	82.4 ± 6.3^^^*^†^†^†
	l-NAME + SNP	86 ± 3	1.67 ± 0.17^^	372 ± 16	56.6 ± 4.3^^
Group 3 (CH rats)	Control	101 ± 1	2.12 ± 0.18	408 ± 21	54.8 ± 5.1
	AG	101 ± 4	1.61 ± 0.19	420 ± 12	65.4 ± 6.6
Group 4 (CH rats)	Control	83 ± 5	2.45 ± 0.26	424 ± 15	35.5 ± 3.7
	Vehicle for TRIM	100 ± 5^†	2.17 ± 0.29	437 ± 15	50.0 ± 6.1^†
	TRIM	97 ± 5^†^†	1.81 ± 0.21	398 ± 24	56.9 ± 6.0^†

Control: breathing air in N rats, breathing 12% O₂ in CH rats; H: breathing 8% O₂ in N rats; SNP: during SNP infusion to restore baseline FVR; l-NAME: after l-NAME; l-NAME + H: N rats breathing 8% O₂ after l-NAME; l-NAME + SNP: after l-NAME and during SNP infusion to restore baseline FVR; AG: after aminoguanidine; Vehicle for TRIM: after vehicle for TRIM; TRIM: after TRIM in vehicle.

^†

Significant difference from control values.

Significant difference from N rats. 1, 2 and 3 symbols indicate P < 0.05, P < 0.01 and P < 0.001, respectively.