Obesity in Tibetans Aged 30-70 Living at Different Altitudes under the North and South Faces of Mt. Everest

被引：73

作者：

Sherpa, Lhamo Y. ^{[1
,6
]}

Deji ^{[2
]}

Stigum, Hein ^{[1
,3
]}

Chongsuvivatwong, Virasakdi ^{[4
]}

Thelle, Dag S. ^{[5
]}

Bjertness, Espen ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Oslo, Sect Prevent Med & Epidemiol, N-0450 Oslo, Norway

[2] Tibet Univ, Coll Med, Lhasa 850002, Xizang, Peoples R China

[3] Natl Inst Publ Hlth, Oslo, Norway

[4] Prince Songkla Univ, Epidemiol Unit, Hat Yai 90110, Thailand

[5] Univ Oslo, Inst Basic Med Sci, Oslo, Norway

[6] Purbanchal Univ, Nepal Inst Hlth Sci, Kathmandu, Nepal

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH | 2010年 / 7卷 / 04期

关键词：

obesity; WHtR; BMI; waist circumference; Tibetans; Tibet; Everest; Nepal; BODY-MASS INDEX; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; AYMARA NATIVES; LEPTIN LEVELS; WEIGHT; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

D O I：

10.3390/ijerph7041670

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

083001 [环境科学];

摘要：

Risk factors for chronic diseases in Tibetans may be modified due to hypobaric hypoxia. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of obesity at varying altitudes of 1,200, 2,900 and 3,700 meters above sea-level in Tibet and Nepal; to estimate the effect of altitude on body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR). Three cross-sectional studies with simple random sampling were performed on 617 men and women. BMI, WC and WHtR decreased with increasing altitude. It is likely that the physical conditions such as low temperatures and low oxygen levels have a direct catabolic effect.

引用

页码：1670 / 1680

页数：11

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