Altitude and metabolic syndrome in China: Beneficial effects of healthy diet and physical activity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The correlation between altitude and metabolic syndrome has not been extensively studied, and the mediation effects of diet and physical activity remain unclear. We evaluated the cross-sectional correlations between altitude and metabolic syndrome and the possible mediation effects of diet and physical activity in China.

Methods

We included 89 485 participants from the China Multi-Ethnic Cohort. We extracted their altitude information from their residential addresses and determined if they had metabolic syndrome by the presence of three or more of the following components: abdominal obesity, reduced high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), elevated triglycerides, elevated glucose, and high blood pressure at recruitment. We conducted multivariable logistic reg

SUBMITTER: Zhou J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10312044 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature