Non-high altitude methods for rapid screening of susceptibility to acute mountain sickness

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

Study	Research place	Altitude of departure	Altitude of destination	Sample size	Subjects	Sexes	Ages	Screening method	Measures of AMS	Statistical index	Pvalue
Huang HH [21]	Nepal	<500 m	3440 m	32	Trekkers	Males & Females	49.3 ± 2.3	HRV	L	Odds Ration	<0.05
Tian KX [35]	Tibet	500 m	3700 m	99	Volunteers	Males	18.2 ± 0.8	HRV & CPT	C	Correlation coefficient	<0.01
Long M [29]	Hypobaric chamber	242 m	4500 m	43	Soldiers	Males	19.02 ± 0.96	CPT	C	t value	<0.05
Zhou QQ [25]	Tibet	300	3685 m	113	Soldiers	Males	19 ± 1	FEV1	C	Correlation coefficient	<0.01
Wang L [46]	Tibet	1500	4900 m	60	Soldiers	Males	19.8	FVC/BSA	C	t value	<0.01

Abbreviations: L Lake Louise scoring system, a well-validated standard, C Diagnostic Criteria of High Altitude Disease in China, which was brought into effect in China during the 1990s and introduced to the world through translation by John B. West in 2010.

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