Principal Component Analysis and Risk Factors for Acute Mountain Sickness upon Acute Exposure at 3700 m

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 10; no. 11; p. e0142375
• Main Authors: Bian, Shi-Zhu, Jin, Jun, Zhang, Ji-Hang, Li, Qian-Ning, Yu, Jie, Yu, Shi-Yong, Chen, Jian-Fei, Yu, Xue-Jun, Qin, Jun, Huang, Lan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 10.11.2015; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Adolescent; Adult; Alcohol; Altitude; Altitude sickness; Altitude Sickness - diagnosis; Altitude Sickness - physiopathology; Anxiety; Cardiology; Cognitive ability; Correlation analysis; Diabetes; Doppler effect; Fatigue; Headaches; Health care; Health risk assessment; Heart rate; Heart Rate - physiology; Heterogeneity; Hospitals; Humans; Identification methods; Insomnia; Male; Medical climatology; Medical research; Mental depression; Mental work; Methods; Middle Aged; Models, Theoretical; Mood; Neurology; Oximetry; Oxygen; Oxygen content; Pain; Physical work; Physiology; Principal Component Analysis; Principal components analysis; Psychological factors; Regression analysis; Risk analysis; Risk Factors; Sea level; Sleep; Sleep disorders; Surveys and Questionnaires; Tuberculosis; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasound; Veins & arteries; Vertebrae; Vigor; Work capacity; Young Adult

We aimed to describe the heterogeneity in the clinical presentation of acute mountain sickness (AMS) and to identify its primary risk factors. The participants (n = 163) received case report form questionnaires, and their heart rate (HR), oxygen saturation (SpO2), echocardiographic and transcranial...