Lack of association between chronic exposure to biomass fuel smoke and markers of right ventricular pressure overload at high altitude - Caravedo, Maria A.; Painschab, Matthew S.; Davila-Roman, Victor G.; De Ferrari, Aldo; Gilman, Robert H.; Vasquez-Villar, Angel D.; Pollard, Suzanne L.; Miranda, J. Jaime; Checkley, William (The American heart journal, 2014)
Keywords: Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Alternative energy sources; Altitude; Arterial Pressure; Asthma; Biomass; Blood Pressure; Body mass index; C-Reactive Protein - metabolism; Cardiovascular; Cardiovascular disease; Cholesterol, HDL - blood; Cholesterol, LDL - blood; Cohort Studies; Diabetes; Echocardiography; Environmental Exposure - statistics & numerical data; Family medical history; Female; Health risk assessment; Hemoglobins - metabolism; Humans; Hypertension, Pulmonary - blood; Hypertension, Pulmonary - diagnostic imaging; Hypertension, Pulmonary - epidemiology; Insulin Resistance; Linear Models; Lung diseases; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Natriuretic Peptide, Brain - blood; Outdoor air quality; Peptide Fragments - blood; Peru - epidemiology; Population; Pulmonary arteries; Pulmonary Artery - diagnostic imaging; Pulmonary hypertension; Rural areas; Sex Factors; Smoke; Ventricular Dysfunction, Right - blood; Ventricular Dysfunction, Right - diagnostic imaging; Ventricular Dysfunction, Right - epidemiology; Ventricular Pressure; Womens health; Peru