Risk factors for high-altitude headache upon acute high-altitude exposure at 3700 m in young Chinese men: a cohort study

• Published in: Journal of headache and pain Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 35 - 7
• Main Authors: Bian, Shi-Zhu, Zhang, Ji-Hang, Gao, Xu-Bin, Li, Ming, Yu, Jie, Liu, Xi, Dong, Jun-Qing, Chen, Guo-Zhu, Huang, Lan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Milan Springer Milan 11.04.2013; Springer Nature B.V; BioMed Central Ltd; Springer
• Subjects: Altitude; Altitude Sickness - complications; Altitude Sickness - physiopathology; Altitude Sickness - psychology; Anxiety; Anxiety - complications; China; Cohort analysis; Cohort Studies; Female; Headache; Headache - complications; Headache - physiopathology; Headache - psychology; Headaches; Health risk assessment; Heart Rate; Humans; Insomnia; Internal Medicine; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Neurology; Oxygen - blood; Pain Medicine; Physiology; Regression analysis; Research Article; Risk Factors; Sleep and wakefulness; Sleep disorders; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - complications; Young Adult; China; High altitude; Exposure; High-altitude headache; Acute; Risk factors

Background This prospective and observational study aimed to identify demographic, physiological and psychological risk factors associated with high-altitude headache (HAH) upon acute high-altitude exposure. Methods Eight hundred fifty subjects ascended by plane to 3700 m above Chengdu (500 m) over...