Health and fitness benefits

[symmit]

I've got two months of oximeter data now to go with all the rest of the stats I've gathered, and I can now see a big physiological change in my oxygen saturation levels and pulse rate during the night.

22/11/2010 - SPo2 average 92, pulse 77, lowest pulse 62.
22/12/2010 - SPo2 average 93, pulse 78, lowest pulse 63.
22/1/2011 - SPo2 average 93.5, pulse 70, lowest pulse 56.

So oxygenation is getting better, for less effort from my circulatory system. This can only be good for both brain and heart.

[James @ Intus]

This is all getting quite medical and high-tech, which is great but let's remind ourselves that you need some serious training to fully understand all physiological aspects of this.

It does indeed seme logical to conclude that the heart sees less reason to accellerate now you're established on CPAP, experience fewer breathing stoppages etc. Exactly what the optimum HR and SpO2 would be, of course all depends on your body etc. but at a glance, not being a doc, it seems to be going in the right direction.

It would be interesting if you posted your daytime figures of SpO2 and HR as that would be a baseline, handy to compare your night time figures against. Sleep techs are often interested in this as it helps explain whether 93.5 for you is good, or bad.