Table 1.

Group statistics in systemic blood pressures and group differences between HDM- and SAL-challenged rats under normoxic and CIH conditions

	MAP		SBP		DBP
	Group	Differences between groups	Group	Differences between groups	Group	Differences between groups
SAL/NORM	70.8 ± 5.2 (43–109.5)		93.4 ± 6.1 (59–132.4)		60.0 ± 5.0 (35–98.7)
HDM/NORM	87.5 ± 6.1 (58.6–125.5)	16.6 ± 6.6*	113.9 ± 7.3 (73.4–155.2)	20.5 ± 7.8*	74.8 ± 5.6 (51.9–111.1)	14.8 ± 6.3*
SAL/CIH	72.2 ± 3.2 (60.8–84.6)		95.8 ± 3.1 (82.8–108.9)		62.6 ± 4.0 (44.4–75.8)
HDM/CIH	87.7 ± 3.2 (69.2–110.6)	15.5 ± 6.7*	111.9 ± 4.1 (92.1–143.6)	15.6 ± 8.2#	76.2 ± 2.8 (58.2–94.7)	13.6 ± 6.6*

Data are means ± SE with ranges in parentheses. HDM, house dust mite; CIH, chronic intermittent hypoxia; MAP, mean arterial pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; SAL, saline; NORM, normoxia.

^*0.01 ≤ P < 0.05;

^#P = 0.06.