Table 3.

Respiratory pattern during baseline, hypoxia and 3 min post-hypoxia

	Baseline	Onset	End	3 min
TI (sec)	0.35 ± 0.02	0.31 ± 0.01**	0.26 ± 0.01**	0.33 ± 0.02
TE (sec)	0.95 ± 0.05	0.64 ± 0.02*	0.85 ± 0.05	1.38 ± 0.10*
Frequency (burst•min−1)	47 ± 2	64 ± 2 **	55 ± 2 **	37 ± 2 **

Data are means ± SE.

^*: P < 0.05;

^**: P < 0.01 compared with the baseline value.

The data presented in this table were calculated from the phrenic neurogram recorded contralateral to the C2Hx lesion.