Research Article

Low Stroke Volume Index in Healthy Young Men Is Associated with the Incidence of Acute Mountain Sickness after an Ascent by Airplane: A Case-Control Study

Table 3

The incidence of AMS according to SVi.

Incidence of AMS, IRR (95% CI)
Decreasing category of SVi
ContinuousHighest tertileMiddle tertileLowest tertile

No. of cases2383161146
No. of controls35116513650
Model 00.932 (0.922-0.942)1 (reference)1.958 (1.333-2.876)4.710 (3.375-6.572)
Model 10.933 (0.922-0.943)1 (reference)1.964 (1.339-2.879)4.619 (3.311-6.444)
Model 20.936 (0.925-0.948)1 (reference)1.872 (1.276-2.747)4.097 (2.892-5.803)

IRR = Incidence Rate Ratios; CI = confidence interval; other abbreviations are as in Table 1. Model 0: unadjusted; model 1: adjusted by age, BMI, smoking, and drinking; model 2: adjusted by model 1 plus HR, MAP, SpO2, and E/A.