Inverse association between altitude and obesity: A prevalence study among andean and low-altitude adult individuals of Peru.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the association between altitude and obesity in a nationally representative sample of the Peruvian adult population.

Methods

This is a cross-sectional analysis of publicly available data from the Food and Nutrition National Center (CENAN, Peru), period 2009-2010. The Prevalence ratio of obesity and abdominal obesity was determined as a measure of association. Obesity and abdominal obesity were diagnosed based on direct anthropometric measurements.

Results

The final data set consisted of 31,549 individuals ≥20 years old. The prevalence ratio of obesity was as follows: 1.00 between 0 and 499 m (reference category), 1.00 (95% confidence interval 0.87-1.16) between 500-1,499 m, 0.74 (0.63-0.86) between 1,500-2,999 m, and 0.54 (0.45-0.64) at ≥3,000 m

SUBMITTER: Woolcott OO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4814295 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature