ArticleJournal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society2022
Altitude and Quality of Life of Older People in Colombia: A Multilevel Study.
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- Reference Intervals for Hemoglobin and Hematocrit Adjusted for Altitude, Sex, and Age: A Big Data-Based Study in the Colombian Population.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- High altitude might increase risk of incident frailty in older adults: a nationwide longitudinal survey.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Age-related trajectories of quality of life in community dwelling older adults: findings from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE).Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Article
- Factors Associated with Elderly Health-Related Quality of Life in Tibet: A Cross-Sectional Study from a Health Ecological Perspective.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
- Assessment of Psychological and Social Fitness in Healthy Adults Permanently Living at Very High Altitude.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Observational
- County level study of the interaction effect of PMFrontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Impression life with pulmonary hypertension: clinically relevant characteristics and quality of life among patients in Gansu, China.Therapeutic advances in respiratory diseaseObservational
- The cardiovascular system and high-altitude exposure: from adaptation to disease. Part I.Archivos peruanos de cardiologia y cirugia cardiovascularArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the association between municipality altitude and quality of life (QOL) of older people in Colombia.
methodsCross-sectional study with data from the Colombian Demographic and Health Survey Older Adult Questionnaire 2015 (
resultsLow altitude was associated with better QOL: physical health (OR = 1.92, 95%CI 1.47-2.52), psychological health (OR = 1.59, 95%CI 1.26-2.00), functional status (OR=1.80, 95%CI 1.45-2.23), social relations (OR = 2.16 95%CI 1.73-2.70), and medical history (OR = 1.57, 95%CI 1.37-1.81). Economic status was not associated with altitude. DISCUSSION: Living at high altitude was associated with lower QOL for Colombian older adults. This finding encourages further study of high altitude and health outcomes among older adults in Colombia and other countries with populations living at high altitudes.
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