A New Measure of Decompression Sickness in the Rat

Table 3

Decompression status, weight, and grip scores by experimental status and overall.

DCS status		Control groups^a; (𝑛=45)	Treatment groups; (𝑛=56)	Overall; (𝑛=101)
NoDCS	𝑛 (%)	29 (64)	46 (82)	75 (74)
MildDCS	𝑛 (%)	16 (36)	10 (18)	26 (26)
Weight (grams)	𝑦, (SD)	390 (57)	421 (20)	407 (44)
Mean prescore	𝑦, (SD)	12.4 (2.0)	11.5 (1.9)	11.9 (2.0)
Mean postscore	𝑦, (SD)	11.4 (2.7)	11.9 (2.6)	11.6 (2.7)
Decrease pre-post^b	𝑦, (SD)	1.6 (2.0)	0.7 (1.3)	1.1 (1.7)

aIncludes Wistar, which had no treatment.
^bIncreased grip scores were not included; therefore, the decrease is greater than the mean difference.
𝑦: sample mean.
SD: standard deviation.