Table 1.

The coefficients of the analytic functions that fitted the kth-order trend M_k(t)MBP for the MBP  history

ΔpO2, % atm	Rat code	Order no. k of Mk(t)MBP	A	B	BT1	T1	C	T2	D	A–D	T3
−3.7	0607	10	29.3	7	16.1	2.3	2.5	6	25.7	3.6	0.3
		12	29.7	7	16.1	2.3	2.5	3	25.8	3.9	0.3
		14	29.5	6	15.6	2.6	2.0	3	25.8	3.7	0.3
		16	29.5	4	12.0	3.0	2.0	3	25.3	4.2	2.0
−3.7	0601	10	27.6	2	7.0	3.5	1	6	26.9	0.7	0.5
−3.7	0609	10	32.0	5	20.0	4.0	1	2	29.7	2.3	0.3
−3.7	0621	10	27.5	3	10.5	3.5	1	5	26.1	1.4	0.5
−7.3	0501	10	31.2	13	45.5	3.5	2.0	6.5	27.2	4.0	0.4
		12	31.1	13	45.5	3.5	2.0	6.5	27.3	3.8	0.4
		14	31.4	13	45.5	3.5	1.5	6.5	27.7	3.7	0.5
		16	30.8	10	40.0	4.0	0.5	6.5	27.6	3.2	2.0
−7.3	0427	10	29.2	8	32.0	4.0	1	5	25.6	3.6	0.3
−7.3	0429	10	27.9	24	55.2	2.3	4	4	23.7	4.2	0.5
−7.3	0504	10	30.3	13	52.0	4.0	3	2	29.1	1.2	0.5
−10.9	0718	10	29.7	23	46	2.0	13	2	26.7	3.0	0.5
		12	29.8	23	46	2.0	13	2	26.5	3.3	0.5
		14	29.9	20	46	2.3	12	2	26.4	3.5	0.5
		16	34.1	4.5	36	8.0	1	1	24.8	9.3	2.0
−10.9	0417	10	28.0	15	58.5	3.9	16	8	27.9	0.1	0.5
−10.9	0422	10	27.1	9	49.5	5.5	8	6	23.8	3.3	0.5
−10.9	0508	10	33.4	40	40.0	1.0	13	2	27.2	6.2	0.5

The units of A, BT₁, C, D, and A–D are cm H₂O. The unit of B is cm H₂O per h. The units of T₁, T₂, and T₃ are h.