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. 2013 Nov 8;8(11):e79346. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079346

Table 1. Physiological responses at different phases of high altitude acclimatization for individuals from different altitudes.

Trait <1,000 m 1,000 m∼2,000 m >2,000 m
baseline AHA CHA baseline AHA CHA baseline AHA CHA
SBP 101.181 102.24 98.79 101.89 106.66 101.33 106.68a 101.04b 103.26
DBP 65.80 63.58 61.18 65.83 65.23 61.66 66.27 65.56 61.11
HR 80.10 101.38 90.07 80.99 99.03 86.96 70.41a 95.29 86.29
SaO2 98.50 86.66 91.20 98.37 88.04 91.14 98.75 91.27b 91.36c
FEV 3.70 3.78 3.92 3.75 3.85 3.95 3.71 3.92 4.07c
PEF 7.52 9.01 9.58 7.47 8.60 9.21 6.77a 8.66 9.08
FVC 4.32 4.28 4.42 4.60 4.53 4.67 4.41 4.60b 4.82c
WBC 6.65 7.21 7.42 7.27 7.15 6.99 6.11 6.21 6.82
RBC 4.82 5.05 5.16 5.07 5.15 5.04 4.75 5.06 5.09
HGB 140.08 149.99 153.36 152.20 155.59 153.33 145.30 155.63 152.91
HCT 0.41 0.43 0.45 0.44 0.44 0.45 0.41 0.44 0.45
MCV 84.52 85.64 87.61 86.41 86.36 88.56 86.88 87.69 89.38
MCH 29.21 29.76 29.80 30.19a 30.34 30.56 30.64a 30.78 30.03c
MCHC 345.47 347.50 339.77 349.21 351.26 344.91 352.60a 351.14b 336.22c
PLT 131.74 136.15 109.41 150.43 147.03 106.32 105.59a 113.33 102.13
LYM% 0.28 0.28 0.30 0.28 0.29 0.31 0.26a 0.30 0.29
MXD% 0.10 0.10 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.08 0.09 0.08
NEUT% 0.62 0.62 0.61 0.63 0.62 0.60 0.66 0.62 0.63
LYM 1.82 1.97 2.18 2.01 2.02 2.11 1.54a 1.79 1.90c
MXD 0.65 0.69 0.66 0.64 0.63 0.59 0.52a 0.51 0.56c
NEUT 4.21 4.54 4.61 4.64 4.52 4.26 4.04 3.90 4.36
RDWCV 40.63 42.12 45.86 41.29 40.95 45.59 42.31a 42.96 46.95c
RDWSD 0.13 0.14 0.14 0.13 0.13 0.14 0.13 0.14 0.14
1

mean of the physiological response.

a

physiological responses performed differently at baseline phase of acclimatization (α = 0.05).

b

physiological responses performed differently at acute phase of acclimatization (α = 0.05).

c

physiological responses performed differently at chronic phase of acclimatization (α = 0.05).