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Table 3 Physiological characteristics of Ladakh high altitude natives (HAN) and sea level sojourners (Accl _LLD)

From: Polymorphism profiling of nine high altitude relevant candidate gene loci in acclimatized sojourners and adapted natives

Characters

HAN

Accl_LLD

p value

Altitude

≥3400

Sea level

 

Age (yrs)

28.71 ± 6.2

28.16 ± 6.79

0.699

Body Weight (kg)

60.79 ± 5.81

65.82 ± 5.9

2.63E-05

HR (beats/m)

73.05 ± 7.99

85.76 ± 16.49

1.7E-05

SBP, mm Hg

115.67 ± 8.51

122.32 ± 10.63

0.00084

DBP, mm Hg

77 ± 6.56

82.02 ± 9.34

0.002

SPO2 (%)

91.22 ± 2.51

88.33 ± 6.4

0.002

  1. Results are mean ± standard deviation (S.D). p value is based on unpaired t-test
  2. HR heart rate, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, SpO 2 arterial oxygen saturation