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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 26.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Physiol. 2013 Jul 12;98(11):1597–1607. doi: 10.1113/expphysiol.2013.074104

Table 2.

Area-under-the-curve analysis

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Normothermia Hyperthermia Normothermia Hyperthermia Normothermia Hyperthermia Normothermia Hyperthermia
MCAVmean AUC (a.u.) 4562 ± 655 3916 ± 981* 4678 ± 681 3956 ± 927* 4661±649 3935 ± 913* 4713 ± 668 4000 ± 962*
ΔMCAVmean AUC (a.u.) 348 ± 533 356 ± 584 348 ± 552 230 ± 476 348 ± 845 513 ± 570 507 ± 585 427 ± 564
MAP AUC (a.u.) 5152 ± 691 4469 ± 429* 5148 ± 743 4454 ± 410* 5067 ± 771 4420 ± 419* 5161 ± 779 4431 ± 469*
ΔMAP AUC (a.u.) 217 ± 334 20 ± 293* 104 ± 227 82 ± 108 160 ± 497 49 ± 210 193 ± 323 19 ± 204*
PET,CO2 AUC (a.u.) 2452 ± 199 2189 ± 384* 2392 ± 199 2195 ± 350* 2399 ± 193 2165 ± 383* 2387 ± 206 2189 ± 344*
ΔPET,CO2 AUC (a.u.) −18 ± 317 65 ± 787 −58 ± 861 −138 ± 363 −191 ± 387 −161 ± 465 2 ± 615 30 ± 508

Values are means ± SD. Abbreviations: a.u., arbitrary units; AUC, area under the curve; MAP, mean arterial pressure; ΔMAP, percentage change in mean arterial pressure; MCAVmean, mean middle cerebral artery blood velocity; ΔMCAVmean, percentage change in mean middle cerebral artery blood velocity; PET,CO2, partial pressure of end-tidal CO2; and ΔPET,CO2, percentage change in the partial pressure of end-tidal CO2.

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Significantly different from normothermia (P < 0.01).