ArticleAIMS public health2018
Type 2 diabetes markers in indigenous Argentinean children living at different altitudes.
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- The impact of high altitude (hypobaric hypoxia) on insulin resistance in humans.Journal of physiology and biochemistry · 2025Review
- Physiological Characteristics of Type 1 Diabetes Patients during High Mountain Trekking.Journal of diabetes research · 2020Observational
- Regulation of Serum Sphingolipids in Andean Children Born and Living at High Altitude (3775 m).International journal of molecular sciences · 2019Article
- Does growing up at high altitude pose a risk factor for type 2 diabetes?AIMS public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundExposure to hypoxia at high altitude is increasingly being recognized as a risk factor for metabolic diseases.
objectiveTo determine the association between Type 2 diabetes (T2D) risk factors and altitude in two groups of Argentinean indigenous schoolchildren who live permanently at different altitudes.
methodsThis cross-sectional study compared 142 schoolchildren from San Antonio de los Cobres (SAC), 3750 m above sea level, with 171 from Chicoana (CH), 1400 m. Data for children's anthropometry, blood pressure and lipids, as well as mothers' height and weight were assessed.
resultsThere was not a significant difference in age between SAC (9.0 + 2y) and CH (9.4 + 2y) children. However, mean children's weight (29 vs. 38 kg), height (130 vs. 138 cm), BMI (17 vs. 19 kg/m
conclusionThis study shows that indigenous Argentinean children living at 3750 meters have higher T2D risk compared with those living at 1400 meters above sea level.
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