Inverse association between diabetes and altitude: A cross‐sectional study in the adult population of the United States
Obesity2014Vol. 22(9), pp. 2080–2090
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Orison O. Woolcott, O. Castillo, César Gutiérrez, Robert M. Elashoff, Darko Stefanovski, Richard N. Bergman
Abstract
Among US adults, living at high altitude (1,500-3,500 m) is associated with lower odds of having diabetes than living between 0 and 499 m, while adjusting for multiple risk factors. Our findings suggest that geographical elevation may be an important factor linked to diabetes.
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