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. 2016 Nov 3;11(11):e0164483. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164483

Table 2. Hazard ratios and 95% CI of incident overweight/obesity according to their altitude of residence.

The SUN project 1999–2012.

Altitude
Lower Medium Higher
0–122 meters 123–456 meters 457–2 329 meters P for trend
Participants (n) 3 124 3 254 2 987
Cases/person-years 763/23 821.63 736/25 742.39 657/24 492.67
Multivariate adjusted a 1 (Ref.) 0.94 (0.85, 1.05) 0.88 (0.79, 0.98) 0.018
Multivariate adjusted b 1 (Ref.) 0.86 (0.77, 0.96) 0.86 (0.77, 0.96) 0.006

a. Adjusted for sex, age and time of residence at the current city.

b. Adjusted for sex, age, time of residence at the current city, BMI, physical activity, sedentary behavior and years of education.