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Meta-regression analysis showing the relationship between altitude and prevalence. The sizes of the circles correspond to the sample sizes of the included studies. There was a near significant relationship between altitude and prevalence (p=0.06). An increase of 1 m in altitude was associated with a 0.02% increase in the prevalence of hypertension.
