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. 2012 Apr 30;7(4):e36155. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036155

Table 1. Overview of acute mountain sickness (AMS) related parameters.

BL1 1 late 2 early 2 late 3 early 3 late 4 early BL2
AMS [%] 0 64 50 29 21 0 14 0
AMS-c [score] 0 1.02±0.65 1.07±0.74 0.70±0.68 0.65±0.81 0.25±0.33 0.33±0.36 0
LL [score] 0 5.36±2.21 5.36±2.59 3.93±2.09 4.00±3.37 2.07±1.54 2.43±2.14 0
Heart rate [min-1] 60.4±7.35 88.43±5.97 83.43±10.12 82.71±9.45 77.14±12.18 75.22±16.60 73.64±13.43 58.14±6.92
SpO2 [%] 98.50±1.34 69.36±4.36 72.14±5.86 74.43±7.07 73.93±6.04 76.78±3.83 79.36±4.31 98.29±1.27

data are mean±standard deviation; n = 14; AMS-c  =  acute mountain sickness cerebral score; LL  =  Lake Louise; SpO2  =  oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry; late  =  c. 21 h; early  =  c. 6 h.