dc.creatorCalderón-Gerstein, W.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-08T16:15:15Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-31T14:02:57Z
dc.date.available2019-08-08T16:15:15Z
dc.date.available2023-05-31T14:02:57Z
dc.date.created2019-08-08T16:15:15Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifierCalderón-Gerstein, W. (2017). High altitude is not a risk factor for type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 126, p.323-324. https://doi. 10.1016/j.diabres.2016.11.018
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12394/6013
dc.identifier10.1016/j.diabres.2016.11.018
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/6492494
dc.description.abstractBernabé-Ortiz et al. [1] state that “individuals living at high altitude are at greater risk of incident diabetes”. They propose that lower forced vital capacity (FVC), lower birth weight, childhood chronic undernutrition or shorter adult stature may explain this observation. On the contrary, a series of studies [2–5] have shown that chronic exposure to high altitude is related to increased insulin sensitivity. This physiological state explains in part the inverse association between high altitude and diabetes, confirmed in a recent study, by Woolcott in the USA [6], which finds an odds ratio of 0.88 for type 2 diabetes in those living between 1500 and 3500 meters above sea level.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherUniversidad Continental
dc.publisherPerú
dc.relationhttps://www.diabetesresearchclinicalpractice.com/article/S0168-8227(16)31642-4/abstract
dc.rightsAcceso abierto
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.sourceUniversidad Continental
dc.sourceRepositorio Institucional - Continental
dc.subjectDiabetes
dc.subjectSobrepeso
dc.subjectSignos y síntomas
dc.titleHigh altitude is not a risk factor for type 2 diabetes mellitus
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article


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