Table 2.
Baseline characteristics for the sea level group, normobaric hypoxic group and the terrestrial high altitude team.
| Height (cm) | Mass (kg) | Age (years) | HR (bpm) | Sp02 (%) | SBP (mmHg) | DBP (mmHg) | Male (n) | Female (n) |
V̇O2max at 4800 m (ml.kg.min-1) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SL | 178 ± 10 | 79 ± 10 | 24 ± 2 | 64 ± 8 | 97 ± 1 | 128 ± 6 | 76 ± 6 | 5 | 1 | 35 |
| NH | 177 ± 10 | 76 ± 12 | 25 ± 4 | 66 ± 5 | 98 ± 1 | 130 ± 4 | 74 ± 10 | 6 | 3 | 36 |
| THA | 177 ± 4 | 76 ± 9 | 35 ± 9 | 59 ± 7 | 98 ± 1 | 130 ± 5 | 80 ± 5 | 7 | 1 | N/A |
All participants were non-smoking lowlanders and had not been to altitudes > 1500 m in the previous 3 months. No significant differences were detected between groups.
DBP: diastolic blood pressure; HR: heart rate; NH: normobaric hypoxia; SBP: systolic blood pressure; SL: sea level; THA: terrestrial high altitude.