Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for the transcutaneously assessed gases

Female
tcO2 (mmHg)	Basal	Occlusion	Post occlusive	t-peak
	(T0)	(T1)	(T2)	(s)
Mean	73,9	3,6	76,9	346,9
St. deviation	14,6	2,1	10,8	147,1
	NS	NS	NS
p
	*	*
toCO2 (mmHg)	Basal	Occlusion	Post occlusive
	(T0)	(T1)	(T2)
Mean	40,5	52,6	39,2
St. deviation	9,8	13,1	10,2
	*	*	*
p
	*	*
Male
tcO2 (mmHg)	Basal	Occlusion	Post occlusive	t-peak
	(T0)	(T1)	(T2)	(s)
Mean	65,7	2,8	64,1	343,1
St. deviation	11,9	2,4	14,1	160,4
	NS	NS	NS
p
	*	*
toCO2 (mmHg)	Basal	Occlusion	Post occlusive
	(T0)	(T1)	(T2)
Mean	36,0	44,9	34,5
St. deviation	7,4	11,5	8,4
	NS	NS	NS
p
	*	*

NS non significant differences found ^* p < 0.05