Anxiety as a Risk Factor for Acute Mountain Sickness Among Young Chinese Men After Exposure at 3800 M: A cross‒sectional Study
Xugang Tang,
Xiuchuan Li,
Qian Xin
et al.
Abstract:Purpose
We aimed to explore whether anxiety is a risk factor for acute mountain sickness [AMS] in a young Chinese male population.
Patients and Methods
A total of 143 young Chinese men with a median age of 23 years (IQR, 21–25) were employed in the present study, and they were divided into the AMS+ and AMS- groups according to the Lake Louise AMS score [AMS-S] after exposure at 3800 m for two days. Participants’ pulse oximeter saturation [SpO
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