Table 2.

Cardiac output, cardiac index, and hematocrit

Group	Cardiac output (ml/min)	Cardiac index (ml/min/kg BW)	Hematocrit (%)
NC	36.9 ± 9.7 (n=14)	84 ± 24 (n=14)	51.4 ± 3.4 (n=16)
HC	36.8 ± 21.0 (n=6)	113 ± 65 (n=6)	63.7 ± 3.2* (n=9)
HD	27.3 ± 6.5 (n=7)	91 ± 17 (n=7)	59.6 ± 6.0 (n=8)
HS	29.0 ± 6.7 (n=8)	103 ± 17 (n=8)	62.3 ± 3.8* (n=9)
HDS	27.0 ± 8.0 (n=7)	92 ± 22 (n=7)	62.4 ± 4.3* (n=9)

Group abbreviations as in Table 1. Data are means ± s.d. Differences among the groups not specifically marked are not statistically significant (p<0.05, 1-way ANOVA and Fischer’s least significant difference post hoc test).

^*P<0.0001 vs. NC