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IOP, CCT and corneal biomechanics were evaluated before and immediately after the end using the Corvis ST. Comparisons of score values before and after hypoxia were performed with paired t-test for normally distributed differences. Difference between the IOP measurements was correlated with differences in CCT, corneal biomechanics and TUC with multivariate mixed effect linear regression models.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Biomechanically corrected IOP (bIOP-Corvis) and pneumotonometry IOP as produced by Corvis ST (NCT) showed statistically significant higher values before hypoxia (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.048 and\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.047 respectively). We observed a strong negative correlation of the difference between bIOP-Corvis before and after hypoxia with the difference in Deformation amplitude ratio (DARatio) (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001) and a significant positive correlation with the difference in Integrated Inverse Radius(IntegrRadius) (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.01), Stiffness parameter at the first applanation (SPA1) (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001) and TUC (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.023). We observed a strong negative correlation of the difference between NCT before and after hypoxia with the difference in DARatio (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001) and a significant positive correlation with the difference in IntegrRadius (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.023), SPA1 (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001) and TUC (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.025).\n                      <jats:bold>The R-squared values of the regression models were 0.6420 and 0.6626 for the bIOP and NCT respectively.<\/jats:bold>\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We demonstrated reduction in IOP after hypoxia exposure. 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