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Metabolic and Endocrine Changes at Altitude

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High Altitude and Man

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a unique opportunity to study the effects of prolonged exposures to altitudes above 5,000 m was provided by the 1981 American Medical Research Expedition to Everest (AMREE). A detailed assessment of the fasting metabolic state, in which the levels of key metabolites and hormones were measured, was included in the program. Fourteen adult male subjects between the ages of 28 and 52 yr (mean = 36) were studied at sea level and again during exposures to altitudes of 5,400 m and 6,300 m. This chapter details the similarities and differences between previous studies at moderate altitudes and the AMREE findings at more extreme altitudes.

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  1. Center for physiological research, California state college, Bakersfield, California, USA

    F. Duane Blume

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  1. Section of Physiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA

    John B. West

  2. Department of Physiology, Institute for Environmental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Sukhamay Lahiri

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Duane Blume, F. (1984). Metabolic and Endocrine Changes at Altitude. In: West, J.B., Lahiri, S. (eds) High Altitude and Man. Clinical Physiology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7525-5_5

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