Association of altitude and urbanization with hypertension and obesity: analysis of the Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2016

BACKGROUND: Nepal's Himalayan range attracts mountaineers, climbers and tourists from all across the globe. Limited recent evidence suggests that exposure to hypoxia at a higher altitude may be a risk factor for hypertension and a protective factor for obesity. The existing urban–rural disparit...

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Veröffentlicht in:Int Health
Hauptverfasser: Mehata, Suresh, Shrestha, Nipun, Ghimire, Saruna, Atkins, Emily, Karki, Deepak Kumar, Mishra, Shiva Raj
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Oxford University Press 2020
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7902681/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32623453
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihaa034
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