Inter- and intra-individual variation of carbon monoxide production in young healthy males.
Duplicate studies of endogenous CO production (Vco) were performed in three groups of young healthy males. In group A (eleven subjects) Vco studies were performed with an interval of approximately 1 week. In group B (ten subjects) duplicate studies were done on the same day and in group C (ten subjects) duplicate studies were also done on the same day but with the subjects strictly resting between determinations. The error of the single determination estimated from duplicate measurements (formula: see text) was +/-4.3 mumol/mmol TBH.day (TBH = total body haem) in group A and +/-3.7 and +/-1.0 in group B and C, respectively. Thus the intra-individual variation in Vco was considerably diminished when the duplicate determinations were performed with the subjects strictly resting between determinations. A possible explanation for this might be less variation in blood flow or metabolic processes in tissues engaged in haem breakdown in the resting group compared with the other groups.
D000328:Adult; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000097:blood; D002263:Carboxyhemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D013990:Tidal Volume
D002248:Carbon Monoxide; D002263:Carboxyhemoglobin