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An airtight mask (Survivair 4000 full-face respirator, Honeywell Inc, Santa Ana, CA, USA) with 2?L non-diffusing rubber reservoir bag connected via a Y-piece was then fitted, and a gas mixture containing 14% oxygen (simulating PiO2 at 10?000?ft altitude) was delivered at a rate of 28?L/min. SpO2 while breathing 14% oxygen at rest (hereafter denoted as ��HIT SpO2��) was recorded after allowing equilibration (stable SpO2 over 1?min following an exposure of at least 5?min). SpO2 was measured using a pulse oximeter (Masimo Radical, Masimo Corporation, http://www.selleckchem.com/products/Abiraterone.html Irvine, CA, USA). Results were expressed as mean?��?standard deviation unless stated otherwise. Paired t-tests were used for comparisons between groups. Pearson correlation was used to assess the relationships between HIT SpO2 and baseline Vatalanib (PTK787) 2HCl lung function variables, resting room air SpO2 and post-exercise room air SpO2. Receiver-operator characteristic curve was constructed for the performance of post-exercise room air SpO2 in detecting an HIT SpO2 of ��85%. Relationships between lung function and HIT SpO2 were examined for the whole group and by predefined disease subgroups of COPD, interstitial lung disease (ILD) and extra-pulmonary restriction (EPR). Mixed effects linear regression was performed, and variables that were significant at a 5% level were retained to provide the final model. One hundred and thirty-seven patients with HIT and lung function test results were studied. The demographics, lung function parameters, resting and post-exercise room air SpO2 and HIT SpO2 characteristics of the whole group and disease subgroups are summarized in Table?1. Four of the 137 patients could not be assigned to a specified disease subgroup because of inability to reconcile clinical diagnosis with lung function and were therefore excluded from subgroup analysis. No patients experienced symptoms of sufficient severity to warrant early termination of HIT. Compared with ILD patients, COPD patients had a lower forced expiratory volume in 1?s (FEV1) % predicted and EPR patients had a lower CDK inhibitor FVC % predicted and higher DLCO % predicted. EPR patients were younger than COPD and ILD patients. Correlations between HIT SpO2 and pretest variables are summarized in Table?2. HIT SpO2 correlated best with post-exercise room air SpO2 and less strongly with resting room air SpO2. There were statistically significant but weak correlations with % predicted FEV1, forced vital capacity (FVC) and DLCO. An HIT SpO2 response of ��85% (the cut-off value below which in-flight oxygen supplementation is recommended) occurred in patients who had resting room air SpO2 values of up to 99% (Fig.?1a). However, all patients who had an HIT SpO2 of ��85% had a post-exercise room air SpO2 of