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. 2015 Oct 2;36(6):1046–1058. doi: 10.1177/0271678X15606460

Table 1.

Summary of the results and statistics.

Normoxia Hypoxia Absolute change Percent change T-test p value Regression p value
Blood content
 CaO2 (mmol/L) 8.5±0.6 6.8±1.3 –1.7 –20.5 <10-6 a
 PaO2 (kPa) 14.1± 1.4 5.3± 1.3 –8.8 –62.2 <10-6 a <10-6 a
 SaO2 (%) 98.0± 0.5 78.4± 11.2 –19.6 –20.0 <10-6 a <10-6 a
 SvO2 (%) 68.5±7.6 48.7±11.0 –19.9 –29.0 <10-6 a <10-6 a
 PaCO2 (kPa) 5.5±0.5 4.1±0.8 –1.3 –24.3 0.002a 0.18a
 Hemoglobin (mmol/L) 8.7±0.6 8.8±0.6 0.1 1.2 0.035a 0.053
 Glucose (mmol/L) 5.9±0.6 5.4±0.4 –0.5 –8.2 <10-4 a 0.014a
 Blood lactate (mmol/L) 1.0±0.2 1.0±0.4 0.05 4.9 0.38 0.089
Hemodynamics
 Heart Rate (bpm) 57.0±9.0 69.0±10.2 11.9 20.9 <10-6 a <10-6 a
 MAP BP (mmHg) 76.6 ±8.4 75.1±8.2 –1.5 –0.02 0.17 0.024
Cerebral metabolism
 CDO2 (µmol/100 g/min) 494.3±54.7 433.2±99.8 –61.1 –12.4 0.01a 0.73
 CBF (mL/100 g/min) 58.2±6.5 67.2±22.8 9.0 15.5 0.058 <10-6 a
 A-V O2 (%) 29.5±7.7 29.8 ±10.3 0.0 0.9 0.89 0.095
 CMRO2 (µmol/100 g/min) 148.9± 40.3 161.6± 53.7 12.7 8.5 0.035a 0.004a
 NAA (mmol/L) 7.9±0.4 7.8±0.7 –0.1 –1.4 0.36 0.18
 Glutamate (mmol/L) 6.4±0.4 6.7±0.5 0.3 4.7 <10-4 a 0.004a
 Cerebral lactate (mmol/L) 0.4±0.2 1.2±0.3 0.8 180.3 <10-6 a <10-6 a
 tCr (mmol/L) 3.1 ±0.3 2.6± 0.6 –0.5 –15.2 <10-3 a 0.002a
a

A statistically significant change (p < 0.05).

CaO2: arterial O2 concentration; PaO2: arterial O2 pressure; SaO2: arterial saturation; SvO2: venous saturation; PaCO2: arterial CO2 pressure; MAP BP: mean arterial blood pressure; CDO2: cerebral O2 delivery; CBF: cerebral blood flow; A-V O2: arteriovenous O2 saturation difference; CMRO2: cerebral metabolic rate of O2; NAA: N-acetylaspartate; tCr: creatine and phosphocreatine.