Devin E Banks, Kate Ramm, Isabella Viducich, Quonta Beasley, Juan Barron, Elizabeth Lee Chen, Enricka Norwood-Scott, Kimberly Fuentes, Muyu Zhang, Arleen F Brown, Gail E Wyatt, Alison Hamilton, Tamra B Loeb
Strengths and challenges among Black and Latinx people living with HIV during COVID-19: A mixed-methods investigation of the translation of self-management across syndemic health crises
The American journal of orthopsychiatry
studies suggest living high altitude decreases obesity risk research limited singlecountry analyses examine relationship altitude body mass index bmi among women living diverse sample low middleincome countries using demographic health survey data 1 583 456 reproductive age women 2049 years 54 countries fit regression models predicting bmi obesity altitude controlling range demographic factorsage parity breastfeeding status wealth education mixedeffects model countrylevel random intercepts slopes predicts overall 0162 kgm2 95 ci 0220 0104 reduction bmi lower odds obesity 090 95 ci 087 095 every 200 increase altitude however countries vary dramatically whether exhibit negative positive association altitude bmi 34 countries negative 20 positive mixed findings also arise examining odds obesity show past findings declining obesity risk altitude universal increasing altitude predicts slightly lower bmis global level relationship within individual countries varies strength direction