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7481111

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-11-30
pubmed:abstractText
Lifelong Tibetan residents of 3658 m ventilate as much and have hypoxic and hypercapnic ventilatory responsiveness as least as great as acclimatized newcomers, and likely greater than lifelong North or South American high-altitude residents. To determine whether Tibetans residing at altitudes > 3658 m maintained similar levels of ventilation, hypoxic and hypercapnic ventilatory responses, we transported 20 lifelong residents of > or = 4400 m to 3658 m for comparison with 27 similarly-aged male Tibetan residents of 3658 m. At 3658 m, the 4400 m compared with the 3658 m Tibetans had similar levels of minute ventilation and arterial O2 saturation, higher respiratory quotients but lower hypoxic ventilatory responses. We conclude that Tibetan residents of > or = 4400 m ventilate as much as Tibetan residents of 3658 m despite an altitude-associated blunting of their hypoxic ventilatory responses. Thus, factors other than hypoxic ventilatory chemosensitivity are likely to be important contributors to resting ventilation among Tibetan high altitude residents.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0034-5687
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
100
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
223-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Hypoxic ventilatory responses in Tibetan residents of 4400 m compared with 3658 m.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado at Denver 80217-3364, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.