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. 2010 Oct 20;31(2):426–438. doi: 10.1038/jcbfm.2010.187

Table 2. End-tidal PO2 statistics for normal air and 4% CO2 baseline conditions (in units of mm Hg).

Subject Normal air condition
4% CO2 condition
  Baseline CDB BH Baseline CDB BH
  PETO2 (mm Hg) ΔPETO2 (mm Hg) ΔPETO2 (mm Hg) PETO2 (mm Hg) ΔPETO2 (mm Hg) ΔPETO2 (mm Hg)
1 114.6±1.7 6.1±5.5 −13.1±2.9 129.4±1.7 4.9±1.3 −10.6±3.1
2 122.8±4.6 12.6±2.6 −15.4±0.2 127.1±1.5 8.2±1.0 −9.5±4.9
3 108.6±4.3 16.6±7.5 −10.3±8.1 124.4±1.9 7.5±1.2 −18.2±6.9
5 101.8±6.9 24.7±2.3 −16.9±1.5 127.2±4.3 14.1±4.0 −14.3±2.6
6 112.1±2.2 14.7±2.7 −17.3±3.7 129.3±2.4 6.1±1.3 −13.7±6.1
7 117.8±1.8 12.1±1.1 −19.8±0.4 130.5±2.6 4.5±1.4 −16.4±4.6
8 106.2±6.4 17.9±6.2 −18.1±5.2 118.8±2.1 11.6±0.4 −15.4±1.6
9 113.3±4.0 15.1±4.6 −19.3±2.5 131.9±1.5 3.7±0.9 −17.7±5.9
10 118.0±9.8 8.8±5.0 −27.4±7.9 123.8±1.9 8.7±1.1 −29.9±3.3
11 120.9±2.4 9.8±1.2 −10.7±0.9 123.3±1.1 4.6±1.5 −14.0±0.7
12 113.7±1.7 7.2±4.5 −18.3±4.9 126.3±1.5 7.2±2.8 −16.6±4.5
Mean±s.d. 113.6±6.3 13.2±5.4 −15.5±6.7 126.5±3.8 7.4±3.2 −14.7±6.9

BH, breath hold; CDB, cued deep breathing; PET, end-tidal partial pressure.

Significant difference across two baseline conditions, paired Student's t-test P<0.005.