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. 2018 Aug 9;40(4):376–381. doi: 10.1590/1516-4446-2017-2310

Table 1. Effect of intermittent hypoxia on elevated plus-maze parameters.

Control (n=6) Intermittent hypoxia (n=13) p-value
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.