Table 3 |
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Assessment of edema by specific gravity of brain tissue |
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Measurement |
Group (n) |
Left hemisphere |
Right hemisphere |
P |
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SG |
C (8) |
1.0444 ± 0.0001 |
1.0443 ± 0.0002 |
0.24 |
|
S (8) |
1.0429 ± 0.0009a,b |
1.0424 ± 0.0012c,d |
0.44 |
|
|
C-Mg (8) |
1.0444 ± 0.0002 |
1.0444 ± 0.0001 |
0.44 |
|
|
S-Mg (8) |
1.0438 ± 0.0007 |
1.0439 ± 0.0004e |
0.24 |
|
|
KW |
18.831 |
24.724 |
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d.f. |
3 |
3 |
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P |
< 0.001 |
<0.0001 |
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Abbreviations: d.f., degrees of freedom; KW, Kruskal–Wallis test statistic; P, approximate χ2 P value; SG, specific gravity. Groups: sham control (C), sham control MgSO4-treated (C-Mg), septic (S) and septic MgSO4-treated (S-Mg). Data are expressed as means ± standard deviation. Dunn's multiple comparisons test: aseptic versus sham control, P < 0.001; bseptic versus sham control MgSO4-treated, P < 0.01; cseptic versus sham control, P < 0.01; dseptic versus sham control MgSO4-treated, P < 0.001; eseptic MgSO4-treated versus sham control MgSO4-treated, P < 0.05. A Mann–Whitney test was used for within-group comparisons. Two-tailed P values are shown in the last column. |
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