%0 Journal Article
%T Does growing up at high altitude pose a risk factor for type 2 diabetes?
%A Hannes Gatterer
%A Johannes Burtscher
%A Martin Burtscher
%J Archive of "AIMS Public Health".
%D 2019
%R 10.3934/publichealth.2019.1.96
%X Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has developed into a serious and one of the largest global health problems. Whether growing up and/or living in high-altitude regions pose a risk factor for T2DM remains a matter of debate. A potential reason for the conflicting findings is the challenge of disentangling the role of hypoxia among a plethora of other factors (like age, sex, body mass, physical activity, diet, smoking, alcohol drinking, etc.)
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6433616/