Table 1. Animal characteristics.

Animal	Kidney weight (gm)	Body weight (gm)	Kidney to body ratio	Fasting blood sugar* (mmol/L)
IA1	0.157	26.1	0.0060	3.4
IA2	.158	27.3	0.0057	5.6
IA3	.142	27.5	0.0052	5.3
IA4	.135	27.3	0.0049	5.8
IA5	.139	26.0	0.0053	6.3
IH1	0.143	28.2	0.0051	5.4
IH2	0.139	28.8	0.0048	4.4
IH3	0.129	27.2	0.0047	5.2
IH4	0.133	24.8	0.0054	3.7
IH5	0.147	26.3	0.0056	5.7

IA: Intermittent air, IH: Intermittent hypoxia

*: based on 8-hour overnight fasting