Table 1.
Data (mean ± SD) for PNORMET (plasma normetanephrine), PMET (plasma metanephrine), cortisol, hscTnT (highly sensitive cardiac troponin T), and NT-proBNP (N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide) under conditions of NN (normobaric normoxia), GHA (genuine high altitude), NH (normobaric hypoxia), and HH (hypobaric hypoxia)
| NN (n = 13) | GHA (n = 14) | NH (n = 13) | HH (n = 8) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T0 | T120 | T240 | T0 | T120 | T240 | 22 h post | T0 | T120 | T240 | T0 | T120 | T240 | |
| PNORMET (pmol/l) | 266 ± 193 | 878 ± 279* | 410 ± 279 | 525 ± 155 | 1635 ± 645* | 766 ± 350 | 482 ± 193 | 369 ± 101 | 1111 ± 442* | 603 ± 279 | 408 ± 95 | 988 ± 463* | 567 ± 233 |
| PMET (pmol/l) | 190 ± 75 | 269 ± 78* | 139 ± 41 | 222 ± 57 | 359 ± 114* | 173 ± 45 | 201 ± 48 | 233 ± 70 | 320 ± 83* | 219 ± 54 | 244 ± 69 | 325 ± 75 | 234 ± 62 |
| Cortisol (nmol/l) | 450 ± 196 | 592 ± 191 | 327 ± 139 | 520 ± 276 | 786 ± 234* | 456 ± 218 | 404 ± 148 | 519 ± 164 | 681 ± 189* | 374 ± 153 | 420 ± 196 | 735 ± 293* | 495 ± 282 |
| hscTnT (ng/l) | 3.4 ± 1.2 | 3.4 ± 1.3 | 4.3 ± 1.7 | 3.3 ± 1.3 | 4.8 ± 3.4 | 15.4 ± 13.6** | 4.8 ± 6 | 3.1 ± 0.3 | 5.4 ± 4.2 | 17.3 ± 17.2** | 3 ± 0 | 4 ± 2.6 | 11.5 ± 12.5** |
| NT-proBNP (pg/ml) | 29 ± 28 | 30 ± 18 | 30 ± 29 | 37 ± 39 | 48 ± 49* | 42 ± 44** | 48.2 ± 61*** | 37 ± 38 | 49 ± 48* | 47 ± 44** | 25 ± 30 | 31 ± 37 | 32 ± 35 |
*Significant (p < 0.05) rise by T120 over baseline
**Significant (p < 0.05) rise by T240 over baseline
***Significant (p < 0.05) rise by 22 h post-exercise over baseline