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. 1999 Nov 15;521(Pt 1):273–287. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.00273.x

Table 1.

Parameter values for the hyperoxic data for Model 1 estimated without and with a noise model

Subject no. Gc(l min−1 Torr−1) τc(s) dc(s) B(Torr) C(l min−1 min−1) f Rv/Rw Whiteness
No noise model
 973 3.67 85.0 0.1 32.2 0.228 NW
 974 2.74 59.6 3.5 26.4 0.360 NW
1003 1.75 89.0 2.9 27.6 0.078 NW
1004 1.86 31.0 7.9 34.0 0.276 NW
1023 4.69 38.0 5.6 40.7 0.504 NW
1069 1.08 40.6 4.1 24.8 0.300 NW
1091 1.65 31.3 7.7 32.4 0.756 NW
1093 1.49 54.9 5.0 34.3 0.198 NW
1103 2.31 42.4 18.9 37.6 0.792 NW
Mean 2.36 52.4 6.2 32.2 0.390 NW
s.e.m. 0.39 7.3 1.8 1.7 0.084
With noise model
 973 3.27 55.1 5.4 31.9 0.414 0.93 0.40 W
 974 2.49 35.2 5.2 25.2 0.378 0.92 0.66 W
1003 1.74 86.0 2.6 27.3 0.078 0.81 0.21 W
1004 1.86 28.9 8.2 33.8 0.270 0.80 0.41 W
1023 4.44 34.1 7.0 40.1 0.438 0.92 0.84 W
1069 1.06 38.2 3.1 24.1 0.282 0.75 1.34 NW
1091 1.64 30.7 8.5 31.6 0.678 0.91 0.33 W
1093 1.48 43.8 5.8 34.1 0.216 0.77 0.71 W
1103 1.30 27.1 18.9 32.7 0.738 0.97 0.09 W
Mean 2.14 42.1 7.2 31.2 0.390 0.86 0.55 W
s.e.m. 0.36 6.2 1.6 1.7 0.072 0.03 0.13

Abbreviations: Gc, central chemoreflex sensitivity; τc, central chemoreflex time constant; dc, central chemoreflex delay; B, bias term equivalent to PET,CO2 for which c= 0; C, trend term; f, system gain for noise component; Rv/Rw, variance ratio for process and measurement noise; Whiteness, result of Portmanteau test on residuals (NW, non-white; W, white).