Table 1 Sociodemographic, anthropometric, and risk factor analysis from the low and high cohorts
Female | Male | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low altitude | High altitude | (%) Diff | Sig. | Low altitude | High altitude | (%) Diff | Sig. | ||
Age (years), median (IQR) | 41.0 (30.0–59.0) | 36.0 (29.0–48.0) | 13.0 | 0.121 | 42.0 (30.0–52.0) | 36.0 (25.0–57.0) | 15.4 | 0.420 | |
Age categories | Young adult | 45 (57.0) | 41 (73.2) | 9.3 | 0.086 | 24 (54.5) | 27 (67.5) | 11.7 | 0.475 |
Adult | 19 (24.1) | 11 (19.6) | 53.3 | 0.086 | 15 (34.1) | 10 (25.0) | 40.0 | 0.475 | |
Elderly | 15 (19.0) | 4 (7.1) | 115.8 | 0.086 | 5 (11.4) | 3 (7.5) | 50.0 | 0.475 | |
Weight (kg), mean ± SD | 62.75 ± 14.44 | 60.84 ± 8.33 | 3.1 | 0.374 | 74.26 ± 10.83 | 60.34 ± 8.71 | 20.7 | 0.000 | |
Height (cm), mean ± SD | 149.22 ± 7.01 | 152.61 ± 8.62 | 2.3 | 0.333 | 159.90 ± 6.39 | 155.51 ± 9.93 | 2.8 | 0.019 | |
BMI, mean ± SD | 27.90 ± 5.10 | 26.10 ± 3.10 | 6.7 | 0.022 | 29.00 ± 4.20 | 24.90 ± 2.90 | 15.2 | 0.000 | |
BMI categories | Underweight | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.0 | 0.036 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.0 | 0.000 |
Normal | 25 (32.1) | 20 (35.7) | 22.2 | 0.036 | 5 (12.5) | 21 (53.8) | 123.1 | 0.001 | |
Overweight | 31 (39.7) | 29 (51.8) | 6.7 | 0.036 | 22 (55.0) | 16 (41.0) | 31.6 | 0.002 | |
Obesity | 12 (15.4) | 7 (12.5) | 52.6 | 0.036 | 7 (17.5) | 2 (5.1) | 111.1 | 0.003 | |
Extreme obesity | 10 (12.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0.036 | 6 (15.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.004 | |||