Burden of disease resulting from chronic mountain sickness among young Chinese male immigrants in Tibet.

Background: In young Chinese men of the highland immigrant population, chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is a major public health problem. The aim of this study was to measure the disease burden of CMS in this population.

Methods: We used disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) to estimate the disease burden of CMS.

Ecological study of community-level factors associated with chronic mountain sickness in the young male chinese immigrant population in Tibet.

Background: Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is a complex medical and public health problem that seriously affects highland immigrants. This study investigated relationships between community-level factors and CMS.

Methods: In this ecological study, data on age- and ethnicity-standardized CMS rates, community factors, and controlling variables were obtained from 2009-2010 surveys of 108 Chinese highland military units.

Factors associated with acute mountain sickness in young Chinese men on entering highland areas.

Aim: The aim of this study was to explore the prediction factors for incidence of acute mountain sickness (AMS) in young males newly entering highland areas.

Methods: A retrospective study of 4367 records of male highland soldiers from 2000 to 2005 was done. The factors were tested by logistic regression.

Population level determinants of acute mountain sickness among young men: a retrospective study.

Background: Many visitors, including military troops, who enter highland regions from low altitude areas may suffer from acute mountain sickness (AMS), which negatively impacts workable man-hours and increases healthcare costs. The aim of this study was to evaluate the population level risk factors and build a multivariate model, which might be applicable to reduce the effects of AMS on Chinese young men traveling to this region.

Methods: Chinese highland military medical records were used to obtain data of young men (n = 3727) who entered the Tibet plateau between the years of 2006-2009.

The supratrigeminal region of the rat sends GABA/glycine-cocontaining axon terminals to the motor trigeminal nucleus on the contralateral side.

The supratrigeminal region (STR), a reticular zone capping the motor trigeminal nucleus (Tm), contains gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)ergic and glycinergic neurons which send axons to the contralateral Tm (J. Comp. Neurol.