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Is depression the link between suicide and high altitude?
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Is depression the link between suicide and high altitude?
High Alt Med Biol.
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Odds ratios for high altitude and neuropsychiatric symptoms. (A). High altitude is associated with the presence of migraine and depression. The rates of migraine and depression were compared in high altitude and sea level natives. (B). At high altitude (4300 m) depression is associated with the occurrence of migraine and chronic mountain sickness (CMS). Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals were calculated from Arregui et al. *, Arregui #, and Arregui et al & using 2×2 contigency tables through StatCalc utility software (Epi Info 2010, CDC Atlanta, Georgia).
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