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Table 6 Group 1 (trekkers) (n = 198) - Testing performed at each laboratory

From: Design and conduct of Caudwell Xtreme Everest: an observational cohort study of variation in human adaptation to progressive environmental hypoxia

 

Sea Level

Kathmandu

(1300 m)

Namche

(3500 m)

Pheriche

(4250 m)

EBC

(5300 m)

Subjects at laboratory

198

198

197

195

190

CORE STUDIES

     

Daily diary

198

195

196

194

190

CPX Ramp (+NIRS)

190*

189

184

183

153

CPX ME

195**

n/a

191

n/a

164

Spirometry

198

197

190

176

185

Venesection

198

198

195

194

181

Neurocognitive

198

160 (on return)

195

n/a

185

Pupillometry

198

n/a

191

n/a

186

Cranial measurements

198

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Retinal photography

183

n/a

n/a

n/a

183

Plasma biomarkers

198

198

195

194

181

ADDITIONAL STUDIES

Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction

31 screened13 selected

n/a

11

n/a

11

Smell and taste

59

n/a

n/a

n/a

59

Sleep

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

15

Oxygen Delivery Circuit

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

6

Cardiac MRI and 31P-MRS

7

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Skeletal Muscle MRI and 31P-MRS[23]

7

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Structural and Volumetric MRI Study

7

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

  1. * 6 subjects withdrawn from incremental CPET prior to departure and 2 because of poor baseline data quality
  2. ** 3 subjects withdrawn from efficiency CPET prior to departure