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. 2016 Feb 16;7:42. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00042

Table 3.

Blood biochemistry analysis according to clinical status after the decompression protocol.

Effect of clinical status on:	KW	Post-hoc test
Total bilirubin	0.004	Lethal DCS < WT_{no dive}	p = 0.002
		Lethal DCS < Grip+	p < 0.0001
		Lethal DCS < Grip−	p = 0.002
Na+	0.007	WT_{no dive} < Lethal DCS	p = 0.001
		WT_{no dive} < Grip+	p = 0.019
		WT_{no dive} < Grip−	p = 0.01
		Grip+ < Lethal DCS	p = 0.031
		Grip− < Lethal DCS	p = 0.006
K+	0.022	WT_{no dive} < Grip+	p = 0.0006
		WT_{no dive} < Grip−	p = 0.004
		WT_{no dive} < Lethal DCS	p = 0.028
BUN/Urea	0.041	WT_{no dive} > Grip+	p = 0.016
AST/transaminase	0.001	WT_{no dive} < Grip+	p = 0.002
		WT_{no dive} < Grip−	p < 0.0001
Globulin	0.010	WT_{no dive} < no DCS	p = 0.008
		WT_{no dive} < DCS	p = 0.001
Lactate	0.016	Grip+ < Lethal DCS	p = 0.010
Creatinine kinase	0.062	WT_{no dive} < Grip+	p = 0.019
Triglycerides	0.005	Lethal DCS > Grip+	p = 0.005
		Grip+ > Grip−	p = 0.010
Albumin	0.000	WT_{no dive} > Grip+	p = 0.002
		WT_{no dive} > Grip−	p < 0.0001