Table 3.

Response of mean systemic arterial pressure to hypoxia for protocols with and without dexamethasone and with and without sustained hypoxia

Protocol	Euoxia (mmHg)	Hypoxia (mmHg)	Increase (mmHg)
AM measurements
Protocol C-A	63.8 ± 1.9	65.5 ± 1.6	1.7 ± 0.8
Protocol C-H	63.3 ± 2.3	65.3 ± 2.5	2.0 ± 1.0
Protocol D-A	67.2 ± 1.3	67.8 ± 1.2	0.6 ± 0.9
Protocol D-H	63.8 ± 1.6	67.1 ± 0.9	3.3 ± 1.2
PM measurements
Protocol C-A	65.2 ± 2.2	67.7 ± 2.0	2.4 ± 0.4
Protocol C-H	68.0 ± 3.0	71.8 ± 3.5	3.7 ± 1.0
Protocol D-A	69.4 ± 1.2	73.5 ± 1.4	4.1 ± 0.9
Protocol D-H	74.3 ± 2.7	78.2 ± 3.4	3.9 ± 1.4
PM-AM measurements
Protocol C-A	1.4 ± 1.4	2.1 ± 0.9	0.7 ± 0.8
Protocol C-H	4.7 ± 2.0	6.5 ± 3.1	1.8 ± 1.7
Protocol D-A	2.2 ± 0.7*	5.7 ± 1.1†	3.5 ± 1.1*
Protocol D-H	10.5 ± 2.0†	11.1 ± 2.9†	0.6 ± 1.5

Values are means ± SE. One-sample t-test conducted on the differences between the morning and afternoon measurements.

^*P < 0.05;

^†P < 0.01.