Strong association between polycythemia and glucose intolerance in elderly high-altitude dwellers in Asia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 609-611

  Okumiya, Kiyohito ^a   Sakamoto, Ryota ^a   Kimura, Yumi ^b   Ishimoto, Yasuko ^b   Wada, Taizo ^c   Ishine, Masayuki ^a   Ishikawa, Motonao ^d   Nakajima, Shun ^d   Hozo, Reiko ^d   Ge, Ri Li ^e   Norboo, Tsering ^f   Otsuka, Kuniaki ^d   Matsubayashi, Kozo ^c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e QINGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f Ladakh Institute of Prevention   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ASIA; BODY MASS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INDIA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYCYTHEMIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCYTHEMIA; PREVALENCE; TIBET;

EID: 77949345173     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02753.x     Document Type: Letter

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