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- Title
Strong Association Between Polycythemia and Glucose Intolerance in Older Adults Living at High Altitudes in the Andes.
- Authors
Okumiya, Kiyohito; Fukutomi, Eriko; Kimura, Yumi; Ishimoto, Yasuko; Chen, Wen-ling; Ishikawa, Motonao; Hozo, Reiko; Sakamoto, Ryota; Wada, Taizo; Otsuka, Kuniaki; Inamura, Tetsuya; Lazo, Marcela; Lu, Jose Perez; Garcia, Patricia J; Matsubayashi, Kozo
- Abstract
A letter to the editor is presented which is concerned with an association which has been found between polycythemia and glucose intolerance in older adults living at high altitudes in the Andes mountains.
- Subjects
PERU; TIBET (China); ALTITUDES; ANALYSIS of variance; CHI-squared test; DIABETES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYCYTHEMIA; POPULATION geography; T-test (Statistics); LOGISTIC regression analysis; DATA analysis; MULTIPLE regression analysis; DISEASE prevalence; GLUCOSE intolerance; OLD age
- Publication
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2011, Vol 59, Issue 10, p1971
- ISSN
0002-8614
- Publication type
Letter
- DOI
10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03610_8.x