Andeans
It has been found that the ventilatory response is substantially less pronounced in the Andean populations than that of the Tibetans, with the HVR response of Tibetans roughly double that of Andeans at an altitude of around 4000 meters. [1] The altitude adaptations also appear to be less permanent than those in the Tibetan populations, as the Andeans have a much higher prevalence of Chronic Mountain Sickness (CMS), where the body develops a harmful reaction to low oxygen levels over man years.[2]
- ^ Beall, Cynthia M. (2007-05-15). "Two routes to functional adaptation: Tibetan and Andean high-altitude natives". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 104 (Suppl 1): 8655–8660. doi:10.1073/pnas.0701985104. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 1876443. PMID 17494744.
- ^ Xing, Guoqiang; Qualls, Clifford; Huicho, Luis; River-Ch, Maria; Stobdan, Tsering; Slessarev, Marat; Prisman, Eitan; Ito, Soji; Wu, Hong. "Adaptation and Mal-Adaptation to Ambient Hypoxia; Andean, Ethiopian and Himalayan Patterns". PLoS ONE. 3 (6). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002342. PMC 2396283. PMID 18523639.
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