Table 2.
Parameter | 0-day (n = 4) | 14-day (n = 6) | 21-day (n = 8) | 28-day (n = 7) |
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TriSeg PARAMETERS | ||||
ALWm, ref | 0.59±0.07 | 0.59±0.09 | 0.60±0.06 | 0.61±0.08 |
ASWm, ref | 0.10±0.01 | 0.12±0.02 | 0.11±0.01 | 0.11±0.01 |
ARWm, ref | 0.50±0.01 | 0.57±0.04* | 0.59±0.05* | 0.60±0.03* |
vmax | 12.36±0.8 | 14.4±4.2 | 14.1±3.1 | 15.2±3.8 |
CIRCULATORY PARAMETERS | ||||
RPVB | 154.32±11.1 | 286.52±57.2* | 265.5±43.4* | 356.6±37.6* |
EPA | 437.78±26.6 | 560.3±101.7 | 622.5±172.1 | 938.6±161.6* |
VdPA | 0.16±0.01 | 0.12±0.028 | 0.121±0.031 | 0.048±0.03* |
R†ABC | 1442.6±86.2 | 1946±394.3 | 1769.2±271.1 | 1883.3±453.2 |
RPBC† | 569.6±32.9 | 804.3±121.9* | 644.3±63.5 | 741±61.8* |
EVC | 103.8±6.6 | 103.8±25.3 | 123.0±45.5 | 69.8±16.2* |
VdVC | 0.45±0.04 | 0.40±0.07 | 0.43±0.03 | 0.49±0.05 |
pVCO | 88.6±1.4 | 81.21±0.07 | 80.8±0.04* | 89.6±0.03 |
These resistances were increased from their baseline values (shown in Table 1) to account for blood hematocrit increase in hypoxic mice.
Indicates rejection of null-hypothesis at 5% significance level using two-tailed student's t-test with p <0.05 vs. 0-day hypoxic mice.