. 2018 May;57(3):278–281.

Table 1.

Serum concentrations (ng/mL) of cortisol and corticosterone in rabbits (n = 10 per group)

	Cortisol			Corticosterone
	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
0 min	2.60 ± 0.39	2.88 ± 0.45	2.67 ± 0.42	7.25 ± 1.01	7.63 ± 0.89	7.27 ± 1.07
5 min	2.92 ± 0.38	5.54 ± 0.71	19.67 ± 3.45^a	7.49 ± 0.86	3.89 ± 0.43	21.62 ± 3.15^a
10 min	2.83 ± 0.39	4.68 ± 0.69	19.31 ± 2.78^a	7.03 ± 0.79	5.82 ± 0.61	17.82 ± 2.21^a
30 min	2.69 ± 0.37	3.94 ± 0.77	18.91 ± 2.60^a	6.71 ± 0.91	8.77 ± 0.99	23.57 ± 3.12^a
60 min	2.46 ± 0.30	3.44 ± 0.51	20.27 ± 2.35^a	6.75 ± 0.97	7.95 ± 0.95	25.57 ± 3.45^a
24 h	2.67 ± 0.45	3.11 ± 0.44	3.03 ± 0.41	7.23 ± 0.67	8.99 ± 0.82	7.42 ± 1.33

Group 1 received normal saline intravenously; group 2 received propofol (3 mg/kg IV) and dexmedetomidine (0.35 mg/kg IM); and group 3 received propofol (3 mg/kg IV) and ketamine (1 mg/kg IV). All values are expressed as mean ± SD.

Value is significantly (P < 0.001) different from the baseline value (0 min) and compared with groups 1 and 2 at the same time point.