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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 28.
Published in final edited form as: Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2009 Dec 5;170(2):157. doi: 10.1016/j.resp.2009.12.003

Table 2.

Intima-media thickness (IMT) and wall to lumen ratio (W:L) of gracilis arteries isolated from rats exposed to normoxia (NORM) or chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH) for 3, 14, 28, or 56 days.

NORM
CIH
P values*
3 d 14 d 28 d 56 d 3 d 14 d 28 d 56 d Group Time
IMT, μm 34.1±1.0 28.7±1.5 30.5±0.9 29.7±2.4 34.4±2.1 27.4±0.8 33.9±0.9 30.2±3.0 0.5392 0.0015
W:L 0.62±0.06 0.48±0.06 0.57±0.07 0.43±0.05 0.51±0.04 0.49±0.06 0.71±0.07 0.59±0.13 0.3272 0.1553

Values are means±SE.

*

All interactions were non-significant and between-group differences at all time points were non-significant.