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.