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  • Title: Hypoxic ventilatory responses in Tibetan residents of 4400 m compared with 3658 m.
    Author: Curran LS, Zhuang J, Droma T, Land L, Moore LG.
    Journal: Respir Physiol; 1995 Jun; 100(3):223-30. PubMed ID: 7481111.
    Abstract:
    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.
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