. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 30.

Published in final edited form as: Nitric Oxide. 2011 Apr 30;25(1):22–30. doi: 10.1016/j.niox.2011.04.013

Table 1.

Mean Rat Blood Pressure (BP) and Heart Rate (HR)

Mean Systolic BP	Before Anesthesia	After Anesthesia	5 min after Injury/Treatment	10 min after Injury/Treatment
Injury Alone	115 ± 2	86 ± 1^*	70 ± 2^*^#	68 ± 1^*^#
Injury + PROLI/NO	114 ± 9	64 ± 1^*	85 ± 2^#	81 ± 1^#
Injury + Sodium Nitrite	94 ± 4	66 ± 2^*	70 ± 3^*	97 ± 4^*
Injury + Sodium Nitrate	126 ± 5	68 ± 1	69 ± 2	75 ± 2

Mean HR	Before Anesthesia	After Anesthesia	5 min after Injury/Treatment	10 min after Injury/Treatment

Injury Alone	553 ± 14	530 ± 32	524 ± 44	469 ± 6
Injury + PROLI/NO	706 ± 127	607 ± 37	570 ± 31	489 ± 2
Injury + Sodium Nitrite	638 ± 45	603 ± 52	528 ± 12	515 ± 7
Injury + Sodium Nitrate	632 ± 48	405 ± 21	467 ± 14	492 ± 12

p<0.05 compared to Before Anesthesia

p<0.05 compared to After Anesthesia