Changes in cardiovascular functions, lipid profile, and body composition at high altitude in two different ethnic groups

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-52

  Vats, Praveen ^a   Ray, Koushik ^a   Majumadar, Dhurjati ^a   Amitabh, ^a   Joseph, Duraisamy Arul ^a   Bayen, Susovon ^a   Akunov, Almaz ^b   Sarbaev, Akpav ^b   Singh, Shashi Bala ^a  

^a DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^b Kyrgyz Indian Mountain Biomedical Research Center   (Kyrgyzstan)

Author keywords

Body composition; Cardiovascular functions; Ethnic variation; High altitude; Lipid profiles

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WATER; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; ETHNIC GROUP; FAT FREE MASS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; KYRGYZSTAN; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WATER; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; KYRGYZSTAN; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875696694     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: 15578682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2012.1071     Document Type: Article

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