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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: The normocapnic hypoxic ventilatory response was reduced after 1 month of treatment with nCPAP (the slope was 1. 08 + / - 0. 02 L/min/SaO2 % at basal condition and 0. 53 + / - 0. 07 L/min/SaO2 % after 1 month of treatment, p = 0. 008) [mean + / - SD], but not in patients treated with sham nCPAP (slope, 0. 83 + / - 0. 09 L/min/SaO2 % and 0. 85 + / - 0. 19 L/min/SaO2 % at basal condition and after 1 month, respectively).