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. 2011 Jan 17;589(Pt 6):1463–1476. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.200691

Table 2.

Determination of haematocrit (Ht), plasma volume (PV) and blood volume (BV) with Evans Blue in chronic intermittent hypoxia and control rats

Group n BW (g) Ht (%) PV (ml) BV (ml) BV/100 g (ml)
Control 8 335 ± 12 38 ± 0.9 22.4 ± 1 37.3 ± 1.8 11.2 ± 0.6
CIH 12 258 ± 8* 43 ± 0.7* 17.7 ± 0.5* 31.3 ± 1* 12.2 ± 0.4

All values are expressed as means ±s.e.m.

*

P < 0.05, unpaired t test.