Table 1. Effect of intermittent hypoxia on elevated plus-maze parameters.
Control (n=6) | Intermittent hypoxia (n=13) | p-value | |
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Total entries (frequency) | 4.00 (1.00-13.00) | 11.50 (6.25-18.00) | 0.11 |
Open entries (frequency) | 0.00 (0.00-2.00) | 3.00 (1.25-6.50) | 0.04 |
Closed entries (frequency) | 4.00 (1.00-10.00) | 9.00 (4.00-11.00) | 0.20 |
Time in open arms (s) | 0.00 (0.00-10.00) | 23.00 (2.00-70.75) | 0.09 |
Time in closed arms (min) | 4.00 (2.40-5.00) | 2.90 (2.10-3.70) | 0.20 |
Stretching (frequency) | 11.00 (6.00-13.00) | 7.50 (3.50-11.75) | 0.19 |
Stretching (duration, s) | 32.00 (15.00-72.00) | 27.00 (6.00-51.00) | 0.37 |
Head-dipping (frequency) | 0.00 (0.00-5.00) | 13.00 (2.75-19.25) | 0.03 |
Head-dipping (duration, s) | 0.00 (0.00-6.00) | 14.50 (5.00-25.00) | 0.02 |
Data presented as median and 25-75% quartiles.
p-values from the Mann-Whitney U test.
Bold font indicates statistical significance.