Table 2.

Brain and Subcutaneous Microdialysis Data in the Whole Group

Metabolites	Baseline	Hyperoxia	P value
Brain tissue
Glucose (mmol/L)	1.2 (0.02–9.16)	1.7 (0.03–10.74)	0.037*
Lactate (mmol/L)	2.8 (1.23–10.80)	3.2 (1.25–10.5)	0.59
Pyruvate (mmol/L)	0.12 (0.05–0.36)	0.12 (0.06–0.38)	0.42
Lactate/Pyruvate ratio	23.2 (4.8–116)	23.7 (11.3–100)	0.005*
Subcutaneous
Glucose (mmol/L)	5.8 (1.71–11.5)	6.0 (1.77–10.8)	0.69
Lactate (mmol/L)	1.6 (0.4–6.2)	1.4 (0.3–3.6)	<0.001*
Pyruvate (mmol/L)	0.12 (0.00–0.29)	0.09 (0.00–0.23)	0.002*
Lactate/Pyruvate ratio	13.9 (9.0–63.9)	13.8 (5.8–91.0)	0.80

Asterisks show statistically significant changes.