Positive association between moderate altitude and chronic lower respiratory disease mortality in United States counties

Jeongeun Hwang, Miso Jang, Namkug Kim, Seunghyun Choi, Yeon-Mok Oh and Joon Beom Seo

PLOS ONE, 2018, vol. 13, issue 7, 1-10

Abstract: For patients with chronic lower respiratory disease, hypobaric hypoxia at a high altitude is considered a risk factor for mortality. However, the effects of residing at moderately high altitudes remain unclear. We investigated the association between moderate altitude and chronic lower respiratory disease mortality. In particular, we examined the lower 48 United States counties for age-adjusted chronic lower respiratory disease mortality rates, altitude, and socioeconomic factors, including tobacco use, per capita income, population density, sex ratio, unemployment, poverty, and education between 1979 and 1998. The socioeconomic factors were incorporated into the correlation analysis as potential covariates. Considerable positive (R = 0.235; P

Date: 2018
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