Table 4

Recorded venous occlusion plethysmography values and change from baseline for medical air and oxygen at baseline and following administration of 40% and high concentration medical air and oxygen

Medical airOxygenAbsolute change from baseline to 40%Absolute change from baseline to high concentration
Baseline40%High conc.Baseline40%High conc.Medical airOxygenp ValueMedical airOxygenp Value
Forearm blood flow (ml/min/100 ml forearm vol)1.793 (0.515)1.659 (0.425)1.818 (0.509)1.947 (0.742)2.227 (0.766)2.460 (0.720)-0.1346 (0.2806)0.2800 (0.2964)0.020.024 (0.246)0.513 (0.391)0.01
Forearm venous capacitance (ml/ 100 ml forearm vol)1.275 (0.406)1.408 (0.487)1.419 (0.442)1.296 (0.482)1.407 (0.609)1.491 (0.463)0.1323 (0.3239)0.1105 (0.2750)0.8240.144 (0.381)0.195 (0.265)0.609
  • Data are presented as mean (SD). Significant p values in bold.