Table 1.

Participant Characteristics.

Variable	All (n = 572)	Low-altitude Quechua (n = 143)	Migrant Quechua (n = 147)	High-altitude Quechua (n = 282)
Average LINE-1 methylation	69.99 ± 1.45	69.74 ± 1.18	69.82 ± 1.28	70.20 ± 1.63
Average EPAS1 methylation	14.42 ± 3.08	14.65 ± 3.06	15.06 ± 2.89	14.00 ± 3.12
% Female	49.65 (45.55, 53.75)	48.95 (40.76, 57.14)	53.06 (44.99, 61.13)	48.23 (42.40,54.06)
Age, yr*†	24.67 ± 5.03	24.38 ± 4.55	25.52 ± 5.49	24.37 ± 4.98
Age migration, yr	NA	NA	15.21 ± 6.37	NA
Height (cm)*†	158.91 ± 8.35	161.40 ± 8.72	158.01 ± 7.84	158.11 ± 8.19
Weight (kg)*†	61.95 ± 9.83	66.36 ± 11.69	61.76 ± 9.57	59.82 ± 8.07
BMI**	24.52 ± 3.28	25.43 ± 3.79	24.69 ± 3.12	23.96 ± 2.96

Data are means ± SD, 95% confidence interval (CI) for proportions in brackets; NA, not applicable

* p ≤ 0.05 for born low vs. high-to-low based on t-test

^† p ≤ 0.05 for born high vs high-to-low based on t-test

** p ≤ 0.05 based on ANOVA