Table 1 Sociodemographic, anthropometric and risk factors analysis from the low and high cohorts
Female | Male | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low altitude | High altitude | (%) Diff | Sig. | Low altitude | High altitude | (%) Diff | Sig. | |
Age (mean) | 38.0 (28.0–48.0) | 35.0 (30.0–41.0) | 3.00 | 0.596 | 41.0 (29.0–50.0) | 34.0 (27.0–52.0) | 4.33 | 0.319 |
Age categories | ||||||||
Young adult | 28 (71.8) | 33 (80.5) | 16.40 | 0.641 | 23 (62.2) | 22 (73.3) | 4.44 | 0.348 |
Adult | 10 (25.6) | 7 (17.1) | 35.29 | 0.641 | 12 (32.4) | 8 (26.7) | 40.00 | 0.348 |
Elderly | 1 (2.6) | 1 (2.4) | 0.00 | 0.641 | 2 (5.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0.348 | |
Weight (kg)—median (IQR) | 64.0 (57.0–75.0) | 59.0 (55.0–66.0) | 5.00 | 0.035 | 73.0 (66.0–80.0) | 64.5 (60.0–67.5) | 8.50 | 0.001 |
Height (cm) (m ± SD) | 1.51 (0.05) | 1.51 (0.06) | 0.00 | 0.676 | 1.61 (0.06) | 1.61 (0.05) | 0.00 | 0.859 |
BMI—median (IQR) | 28.2 (25.0–31.4) | 26.5 (24.0–27.6) | 1.70 | 0.015 | 27.6 (25.8–30.0) | 24.8 (23.2–26.0) | 2.80 | 0.041 |
BMI categories | ||||||||
Under weight | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.048 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 | ||
Normal | 9 (23.1) | 13 (31.7) | 36.36 | 0.048 | 4 (10.8) | 16 (57.1) | 120.00 | 0.001 |
Over weight | 17 (43.6) | 23 (56.1) | 30.00 | 0.048 | 23 (62.2) | 11 (39.3) | 70.59 | 0.001 |
Obesity | 7 (17.9) | 5 (12.2) | 33.33 | 0.048 | 7 (18.9) | 1 (3.6) | 150.00 | 0.001 |
Extreme obesity | 6 (15.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0.048 | 3 (8.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0.001 | ||
Total | 39 (100.0) | 41 (100.0) | 5.00 | 0.048 | 37 (100.0) | 28 (100.0) | 27.69 | 0.034 |
Smoking | ||||||||
Yes | 0 (0.0) | 2 (4.9) | 0.162 | 0 (0.0) | 4 (13.3) | 0.036 | ||
No | 39 (100.0) | 39 (95.1) | 0.00 | 0.162 | 37 (100.0) | 26 (86.7) | 34.92 | 0.036 |
Total | 39 (100.0) | 41 (100.0) | 5.00 | 0.162 | 37 (100.0) | 30 (100.0) | 20.90 | 0.036 |
Lung disease | ||||||||
Yes | 0 (0.0) | 3 (7.3) | 0.085 | 0 (0.0) | 4 (13.3) | 0.036 | ||
No | 39 (100.0) | 38 (92.7) | 2.60 | 0.085 | 37 (100.0) | 26 (86.7) | 34.92 | 0.036 |
Total | 39 (100.0) | 41 (100.0) | 5.00 | 0.085 | 37 (100.0) | 30 (100.0) | 20.90 | 0.036 |