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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Early Hum Dev. 2009 May 5;85(8):497–501. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2009.04.005

Table 5.

Oxygen consumption (VO2), carbon dioxide production (VCO2) and respiratory quotient (RQ) in supine and prone position (mean ± SD).

Prone Supine p
VO2 (ml/kg.min) 8.9 ± 0.7 9.6 ± 0.9 < 0.00001
VCO2 (ml/kg.min) 8.1 ± 0.7 8.5 ± 0.8 < 0.0006
RQ 0.91 ± 0.08 0.88 ± 0.07 < 0.01