Table 1.
Cognitive parameters of altitude and control participants at baseline, acute and acclimatization exposures from Cycle 1 and Cycle 2.
| Cycle 1 | Cycle 2 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BL | HA1 | HA6 | BL | HA1 | HA6 | |||||||
| Alt (Sant) | Ctrl (Calg) | Alt (ALMA) | Ctrl (Calg) | Alt (ALMA) | Ctrl (Calg) | Alt (Sant) | Ctrl (Calg) | Alt (ALMA) | Ctrl (Calg) | Alt (ALMA) | Ctrl (Calg) | |
| REACTION TIME (ms) | ||||||||||||
| RTIFMDRT | 365.3 ± 40.2 | 356.8 ± 34.5 | 379.4 ± 54.4 | 354.9 ± 49.1 | 355.0 ± 33.8 | 352.8 ± 30.8 | 362.7 ± 38.5 | 354.9 ± 32.9 | 358.5 ± 33.3 | 350.2 ± 29.4 | 351.0 ± 41.6 | 348.7 ± 26.5 |
| RTIFMMT | 192.4 ± 76.0 | 189.9 ± 44.1 | 242.3 ± 145.2 | 188.6 ± 43.3 | 203.5 ± 78.3 | 190.5 ± 41.5 | 198.0 ± 85.3 | 187.5 ± 38.9 | 203.5 ± 74.6 | 185.4 ± 39.5 | 175.8 ± 61.9 | 184.9 ± 41.0 |
| RTIFMTSD | 26.5 ± 10.3 | 31.3 ± 11.3 | 48.3 ± 44.0 | 38.7 ± 22.2 | 27.7 ± 11.8 | 34.1 ± 17.8 | 30.6 ± 15.6 | 31.9 ± 16.8 | 35.3 ± 21.2 | 27.7 ± 11.7 | 23.1 ± 7.5 | 36.3 ± 27.4 |
| ATTENTION (ms/n) | ||||||||||||
| ASTTC (n) | 155.3 ± 7.7 | 157.8 ± 2.7 | 151.9 ± 13.2 | 157.2 ± 2.6 | 156.4 ± 3.5 | 157.4 ± 2.3 | 156.0 ± 3.0 | 158.0 ± 2.5 | 152.1 ± 7.3 | 157.1 ± 2.5 | 154.8 ± 3.7 | 156.9 ± 3.3 |
| ASTLM | 572.6 ± 98.1 | 516.0 ± 83.6 | 574.9 ± 84.3*** | 494.6 ± 77.0 | 517.1 ± 81.4*** | 490.8 ± 78.8 | 510.1 ± 77.7 | 469.9 ± 67.8 | 528.4 ± 96.6* | 471.9 ± 70.2 | 485.2 ± 82.1* | 470.7 ± 63.9 |
| ASTLSD | 166.3 ± 61.9 | 131.4 ± 62.9 | 177.0 ± 78.9*** | 127.1 ± 46.9 | 125.8 ± 57.5*** | 120.6 ± 56.0 | 137.3 ± 62.0 | 107.1 ± 41.0 | 164.3 ± 82.3** | 113.1 ± 43.2 | 122.5 ± 53.4** | 115.6 ± 49.0 |
| RVPA | 0.96 ± 0.05 | 0.96 ± 0.07 | 0.94 ± 0.08 | 0.97 ± 0.03 | 0.97 ± 0.04 | 0.98 ± 0.02 | 0.97 ± 0.05 | 0.98 ± 0.02 | 0.96 ± 0.05 | 0.99 ± 0.02 | 0.98 ± 0.04 | 0.99 ± 0.02 |
| RVPMDL | 427.0 ± 41.1 | 402.9 ± 50.0 | 467.0 ± 110.7 | 395.2 ± 44.2 | 410.1 ± 35.2 | 391.4 ± 35.1 | 414.7 ± 46.4 | 381.5 ± 34.7 | 414.8 ± 34.8 | 378.6 ± 34.6 | 392.9 ± 36.6 | 394.6 ± 42.2 |
| RVPLSD | 109.5 ± 43.0 | 117.8 ± 123.0 | 123.0 ± 91.6 | 95.8 ± 63.4 | 104.1 ± 67.9 | 91.4 ± 47.0 | 103.4 ± 58.3 | 81.2 ± 44.0 | 132.7 ± 95.1 | 85.3 ± 40.0 | 88.8 ± 44.7 | 85.6 ± 56.6 |
| EXECUTIVE FUNCTION (ms/n) | ||||||||||||
| OTSPSFC (n) | 12.4 ± 1.8 | 12.2 ± 1.8 | 11.9 ± 1.7 | 12.5 ± 0.9 | 12.1 ± 2.0 | 12.4 ± 1.5 | 13.1 ± 1.6 | 12.8 ± 1.9 | 12.0 ± 2.0 | 12.9 ± 1.9 | 12.6 ± 1.7 | 12.8 ± 1.6 |
| OTSMLFC | 14, 575.5±5, 670.1 | 13, 615.5±5, 282.7 | 11, 917.9±5, 382.6 | 14, 092.9±5, 766.3 | 10, 960.2±7, 442.5 | 10, 650.0±4, 035.9 | 11, 724.9±14, 035.0 | 10, 190.8±4, 799.3 | 9, 014.3±5, 038.3 | 10, 188.3±4, 683.9 | 6, 940±2, 141 | 9, 711.0±3, 933.1 |
| OTSLFCSD | 16, 425.9±9, 036.1 | 14, 867.7±8, 546.1 | 12, 687.6±7, 740.9 | 15, 925.1±10, 273.4 | 10, 531.6±9, 235.8 | 11, 074.2±6, 830.9 | 13, 783.4±20, 937.9 | 10, 490.0±7, 068.4 | 9, 544.1±7, 884.5 | 11, 474.9±7, 297.5 | 5, 990.2±2, 673.6 | 11, 422.2±7, 297.2 |
The mean and SD presented here are from the Repeated Measure ANOVA.
***
< 0.001,
**
< 0.01,
*
<0.05; The asterisks (*) indicate statistically significant group-by-altitude exposure interaction.