Open AccessBlood pressure level increase with altitude in three argentinean indigenous communities
Author(s) -
Valeria Hirschler,
Claudio Gonzalez,
Claudia Molinari,
Hermán Vélez,
Mariela Nordera,
Rodrigo Peláez Suárez,
Alberto Robredo
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
aims public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2327-8994
DOI - 10.3934/publichealth.2019.4.370
Subject(s) - altitude (triangle) , percentile , anthropometry , blood pressure , overweight , diastole , obesity , effects of high altitude on humans , medicine , demography , zoology , cardiology , biology , mathematics , anatomy , statistics , geometry , sociology
To compare blood pressure (BP) levels in three groups of Argentinean Indigenous schoolchildren from similar ethnic backgrounds but living at three different altitudes.