The Process of Acclimation to Chronic Hypoxia Leads to Submandibular Gland and Periodontal Alterations: An Insight on the Role of Inflammatory Mediators

Table 1

Hematocrit and morphometrical measurements. Body weight (g), SMG weight (mg), and hematocrit (%) in control (C), chronic intermittent hypoxia- (CIH-), and chronic continuous hypoxia- (CCH-) exposed animals. Results are expressed as . Statistics: , .

	Control	CIH	CCH
Body weight (g)	357.20 ± 31.33^a	320.41 ± 21.41^a	337.08 ± 17.60^a
SMG weight (mg)	218.16 ± 16.40^a	198.20 ± 10.86^a	192.87 ± 21.17^a
Hematocrit (%)	53.10 ± 4.18^a	61.09 ± 5.74^b	68.52 ± 5.03^c