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We investigated effects of change in barometric pressure (P B) with climate change on heart rate (HR) during sleep at 3000 m altitude. Nineteen healthy adults (15 males and four females; mean age 32 years) participated in this study. We measured P B (barometry) and HR (electrocardiography) every minute during their overnight stay in a mountain lodge at ~ 3000 m. We also measured resting arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2) and evaluated symptoms of acute mountain sickness (AMS) by using the Lake Louise Questionnaire at 2305 and 3000 m, respectively. P B gradually decreased during the night at the speed of approximately − 0.5 hPa/h. We found that HR during sleep decreased linearly as P B decreased in all subjects, with significance (r = 0.492–0.893; all, P < 0.001). Moreover, cross correlation analysis revealed that HR started to decrease after ~ 15 min following the decrease in P B, on average. SpO2 was 93.8 ± 1.7% at 2305 m before climbing, then decreased significantly to 90.2 ± 2.2% at the lodge before going to bed, and further decreased to 87.5 ± 2.7% after waking (all, P < 0.05). Four of the 19 subjects showed a symptom of AMS after waking (21%). Further, the decrease in HR in response to a given decrease in P B (ΔHR/ΔPB) was negatively related with a decrease in SpO2 from before going to bed to after waking at 3000 m (r = − 0.579, P = 0.009) and with total AMS scores after waking (r = 0.489, P = 0.033).
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We thank all participants for their time and effort. We also thank Dr. Tadashi Uno, Dr. Tatsuya Hasegawa, Miss Sakura Nakano, and Mrs. Mayuka Furihata for their technical assistance.
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This study was supported in part by funding from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (No. 26440268 to M.H.).
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Horiuchi, M., Endo, J., Handa, Y. et al. Barometric pressure change and heart rate response during sleeping at ~ 3000 m altitude. Int J Biometeorol 62, 909–912 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-017-1487-x
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