Table 3 Individual blood responses for both blood pH and bicarbonate (HCO3 −) following sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
Blood HCO3 − | Absolute change in mmol l−1 | Blood pH | Absolute change | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Participant number | Ind. dose | SBC2 | SBC2 | Ind. dose | SBC3 | SBC3 | CON | Ind. dose | SBC2 | SBC2 | Ind. dose | SBC3 | SBC3 | CON |
1 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.00 |
2 | 6.8 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 0.1 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.00 |
3 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 7.2 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 6.9 | − 0.5 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.00 |
4 | 6.2 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 8.1 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
5 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 8.1 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.00 |
6 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 5.4 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.00 |
7 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 7.6 | 6.5 | 4.2 | 0.1 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.00 |
8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 7.8 | 6.4 | 6.1 | − 0.1 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.00 |
9 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 0.3 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.00 |
10 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.00 |
11 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.01 |
Mean | 5.5 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.00 |
SD | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 |