Effects of nitrate supplements on cardiopulmonary fitness at high altitude: A meta-analysis of nine randomized controlled trials

• Chao Kang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chao Kang, Ning Lin

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Nutrition, The General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9602-9251

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• Ning Lin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chao Kang, Ning Lin

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Nutrition, The General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

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• Yanle Xiong,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

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• Yi Yang,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

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• Jiaojiao Shi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Nutrition, The General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

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• Kaihong Zeng ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: 13880422336@163.com (XM); zengkaihong@med.uestc.edu.cn (KZ)

  Affiliation Department of Health Management Center & Institute of Health Management, Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

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• Xin Ma

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: 13880422336@163.com (XM); zengkaihong@med.uestc.edu.cn (KZ)

  Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

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