Article
Percent of oxygen saturation of arterial hemoglobin among Bolivian Aymara at 3,900-4,000 m.
American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Jan 1999
Beall C M, Almasy L A, Blangero J, Williams-Blangero S, Brittenham G M, Strohl K P, Decker M J, Vargas E, Villena M, Soria R, Alarcon A M, Gonzales C
Abstract excerpt
A range of variation in percent of oxygen saturation of arterial hemoglobin (SaO2) among healthy individuals at a given high altitude indicates differences in physiological hypoxemia despite uniform ambient hypoxic stress. In populations native to the Tibetan plateau, a significant portion of the...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Altitude
- Body Mass Index
- Bolivia
- Female
- Hemoglobins
- Humans
- Indians, South American
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Oximetry
- Oxygen
