Obesity in Tibetans Aged 30–70 Living at Different Altitudes under the North and South Faces of Mt. Everest

Risk factors for chronic diseases in Tibetans may be modified due to hypobaric hypoxia. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of obesity at varying altitudes of 1,200, 2,900 and 3,700 meters above sea-level in Tibet and Nepal; to estimate the effect of altitude on body mass i...

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Autores principales: Sherpa, Lhamo Y., Deji, Stigum, Hein, Chongsuvivatwong, Virasakdi, Thelle, Dag S., Bjertness, Espen
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Publicado: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2872340/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20617052
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph7041670
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author Sherpa, Lhamo Y.
Deji,
Stigum, Hein
Chongsuvivatwong, Virasakdi
Thelle, Dag S.
Bjertness, Espen
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description Risk factors for chronic diseases in Tibetans may be modified due to hypobaric hypoxia. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of obesity at varying altitudes of 1,200, 2,900 and 3,700 meters above sea-level in Tibet and Nepal; to estimate the effect of altitude on body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR). Three cross-sectional studies with simple random sampling were performed on 617 men and women. BMI, WC and WHtR decreased with increasing altitude. It is likely that the physical conditions such as low temperatures and low oxygen levels have a direct catabolic effect.
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spelling pubmed-28723402010-07-08 Obesity in Tibetans Aged 30–70 Living at Different Altitudes under the North and South Faces of Mt. Everest Sherpa, Lhamo Y. Deji, Stigum, Hein Chongsuvivatwong, Virasakdi Thelle, Dag S. Bjertness, Espen Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Risk factors for chronic diseases in Tibetans may be modified due to hypobaric hypoxia. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of obesity at varying altitudes of 1,200, 2,900 and 3,700 meters above sea-level in Tibet and Nepal; to estimate the effect of altitude on body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR). Three cross-sectional studies with simple random sampling were performed on 617 men and women. BMI, WC and WHtR decreased with increasing altitude. It is likely that the physical conditions such as low temperatures and low oxygen levels have a direct catabolic effect. Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2010-04 2010-04-13 /pmc/articles/PMC2872340/ /pubmed/20617052 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph7041670 Text en © 2010 by the authors; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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Thelle, Dag S.
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Obesity in Tibetans Aged 30–70 Living at Different Altitudes under the North and South Faces of Mt. Everest
title Obesity in Tibetans Aged 30–70 Living at Different Altitudes under the North and South Faces of Mt. Everest
title_full Obesity in Tibetans Aged 30–70 Living at Different Altitudes under the North and South Faces of Mt. Everest
title_fullStr Obesity in Tibetans Aged 30–70 Living at Different Altitudes under the North and South Faces of Mt. Everest
title_full_unstemmed Obesity in Tibetans Aged 30–70 Living at Different Altitudes under the North and South Faces of Mt. Everest
title_short Obesity in Tibetans Aged 30–70 Living at Different Altitudes under the North and South Faces of Mt. Everest
title_sort obesity in tibetans aged 30–70 living at different altitudes under the north and south faces of mt. everest
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2872340/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20617052
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph7041670
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