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Chronic mountain sickness score was related with health status score but not with hemoglobin levels at high altitudes

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dc.contributor.author Gonzales Rengifo, Gustavo Francisco
dc.contributor.author Rubio, Julio
dc.contributor.author Gasco Tantachuco, Manuel Enrique
dc.date.accessioned 2022-01-04T20:31:50Z
dc.date.available 2022-01-04T20:31:50Z
dc.date.issued 2013
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/10718
dc.description.abstract Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) or lack of adaptation to live in high altitudes is related to environmental hypoxia and excessive erythrocytosis (EE) (hemoglobin >21 and >19 g/dL for men and women, respectively). Diagnosis of CMS (“Qinghai CMS Score”) is based on seven signs/symptoms (breathlessness and/or palpitations, sleep disturbance, cyanosis, dilatation of veins, paresthesia, headache, tinnitus) and the score for EE. The present study was designed to determine the association between hemoglobin, Qinghai CMS score, CMS clinical score (7 signs/symptoms) and Health Status using a health survey composed of 20 items. The rate of CMS (32.6%) was higher than the rate of EE (9.7%; P < 0.002). A significant inverse relationship was observed between CMS clinical score and health status score (r = −0.56 for men, and r = −0.55 for women, P < 0.01). However, CMS clinical score was not different in groups with different Hb levels. Health status score was significantly higher in subjects without CMS. In conclusion, elevated hemoglobin levels were not associated with elevated CMS clinical score. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.relation.ispartofseries Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Chronic mountain sickness en_US
dc.subject Chronic hypoxia en_US
dc.subject Excessive erythrocytosis en_US
dc.subject Perú en_US
dc.subject Gender en_US
dc.title Chronic mountain sickness score was related with health status score but not with hemoglobin levels at high altitudes en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resp.2013.06.006
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.07
dc.relation.issn 1878-1519


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