Table 2.

Confidence interval, mean difference and p values of data

Lung lymph flow	95% CI	Mean difference	p value
BL = 0 hours	-24.77 to 23.68	-0.5458	> 0.05
3 hours	-12.68 to 35.78	11.55	> 0.05
6 hours	-3.977 to 44.48	20.25	> 0.05
9 hours	0.1814 to 48.64	24.41	< 0.05
12 hours	0.2981 to 48.75	24.53	< 0.05
15 hours	0.9306 to 50.85	25.89	< 0.05
18 hours	4.697 to 54.61	29.65	< 0.01
21 hours	16.22 to 68.75	42.49	< 0.001
24 hours	6.188 to 62.93	34.56	< 0.01
Permeability index-lung lymph
BL = 0 hours	-10.13 to 10.09	-0.01615	> 0.05
3 hours	-0.2701 to 20.64	10.19	> 0.05
6 hours	5.077 to 25.30	15.19	< 0.01
12 hours	7.769 to 27.99	17.88	< 0.001
18 hours	4.669 to 25.58	15.12	< 0.01
24 hours	-5.223 to 21.15	7.964	> 0.05
Plasma NOx
BL = 0 hours	-13.91 to 16.26	1.171	> 0.05
6 hours	-7.868 to 16.32	4.225	> 0.05
12 hours	10.52 to 36.41	23.46	< 0.001
18 hours	7.066 to 35.57	21.32	< 0.01
24 hours	3.710 to 29.60	16.66	< 0.01
Lung iNOS	1945 to 132.6	1039	0.0296
Lung eNOS	1381 to 731.0	1056	< 0.0001
Lung PAR	3401 to 1298	2349	0.0009
Lung VEGF	1477 to 248.4	862.6	0.0119
Lung wet/dry ratio	3.846 to 0.4543	2.150	0.0176

BL = baseline; CI = confidence interval; eNOS = endothelial nitric oxide synthase; iNOS = inducible nitric oxide synthase; NOx = nitrate/nitrite; PAR = poly-(ADP)-ribose; VEGF = vascular endothelial growth factor.