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. 2021 Oct 25;12:749006. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.749006

Table 2.

Description of the main vital signs of both populations including arterial blood pressure, heart and respiratory rate, temperature, and blood peripherical oxygen saturation.

Vital sign Low altitude (230 m) High altitude (3,800 m) (%) Diff Sig.
SBP Women 100 (90–110) 104 (90–120) 3.9 0.029
Men 110 (100–120) 102(99–110) 7.5
DBP Women 70.0 (60–80) 70 (70–80) 0 0.016
Men 80 (70–80) 70 (60–80) 13.3
MAP Women 74.9 ± 8.7 77 ± 11 3 0.010
Men 80.2 ± 8.3 75.3 ± 8.6 6.2
HR' (m ±SD) Women 73. ± 10 66.0 ± 11 10.1 0.911
Men 71 ± 13 65 ± 9 8.8
RR' (m ±SD) Women 18 ± 18–19 18 ± 18–23 0 0.346
Men 18 ± 18–22 18 ± 18–21 0
SpO2% Women 98 ± 97–99 93 ± 91–94 5.2 0.076
Men 98 ± 97–98 93 ± 92–94 5.2
Women 36.7 ± 36.3–37.2 36 ± 36–36 0.8 0.565
Men 36.5 ± 36.3–37.2 36.1 ± 35.7–36.7 1.1

SBP, Systolic blood pressure; DBP, Diastolic blood pressure; HR', Heart Rate Beats per minute; RR', Respiratory rate breaths per minute; m ±SD, Mean ± standard deviation; IQR, interquartile range; SpO2%, peripheral Blood Oxygen saturation; T°, Body Temperature; MAP, Mean Arterial Blood Pressure (mmHg).