Table 2.

Comparison of stress rate of front and bottom wall (SR), stress rate of the posterior bottom wall (SRh), and stress rate of the front-posterior and bottom wall (SRt) between a canine model of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced sepsis (n = 7) and saline-treated controls (n = 6)

Time, h	SR			SRh			SRt
	Control	LPS	Statistical significance	Control	LPS	Statistical significance	Control	LPS	Statistical significance
0	1.05 ± 0.09	1.02 ± 0.14	NS	1.01 ± 0.1	1.10 ± 0.15	NS	1.03 ± 0.08	1.03 ± 0.23	NS
1	1.13 ± 0.1	1.00 ± 0.1	NS	0.97 ± 0.04	1.06 ± 0.19	NS	1.04 ± 0.11	1.05 ± 0.12	NS
2	1.0 ± 0.18	0.83 ± 0.1	NS	0.85 ± 0.13	1.01 ± 0.09	NS	0.95 ± 0.12	0.88 ± 0.12	NS
3	0.92 ± 0.18	0.79 ± 0.11	NS	0.79 ± 0.11	0.86 ± 0.10	NS	0.87 ± 0.06	0.86 ± 0.14	NS
4	0.99 ± 0.1	0.64 ± 0.11	P = 0.009	0.71 ± 0.01	0.82 ± 0.17	NS	0.86 ± 0.15	0.72 ± 0.15	P = 0.036
5	0.93 ± 0.07	0.67 ± 0.1	P = 0.014	0.71 ± 0.2	0.70 ± 0.11	NS	0.83 ± 0.15	0.68 ± 0.09	P = 0.046
6	0.99 ± 0.05	0.47 ± 0.05	P = 0.001	0.57 ± 0.06	0.57 ± 0.07	NS	0.82 ± 0.18	0.53 ± 0.08	P = 0.002

Data presented as mean ± SD.

NS, no statistically significant between-group differences at P > 0.05 (Student’s t-test).