• Developmental components of resting ventilation among high - and low-altitude andean children and adults 

      Frisancho, A Roberto; Juliao, Patricia C; Barcelona, Verónica; Kudyba, Carmela E; Amayo, Glenda; Davenport, Grecia; Knowles, Alicia; Sánchez, Dani; Villena, Mercedes; Vargas, Enrique; Soria, Rudy (American Journal of Physical Anthroplogy, 1999)
      ABSTRACT. This paper evaluates the age-associated changes of resting ventilation of 115 high- and low-altitude Aymara subjects, of whom 61 were from the rural Aymara village of Ventilla situated at an average altitude ...
    • Developmental, genetic, and environmental components of aerobic capacity at high altitude 

      Frisancho, A Roberto; Frisancho, Hedy G; Milotich, Mark; Brutsaert, Tom; Albalak, Rachel; Spielvogel, Hilde; Villena, Mercedes; Vargas, Enrique; Soria, Rudy (American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 1995)
      Abstract. The aerobic capacity of 268 subjects (158 males and 110 females) was evaluated in La Paz, Bolivia situated at 3,750 m. The sample included 1) 39 high altitude rural natives (all male); 2) 67 high altitude urban ...
    • Role of genetic and environmental factors in the increased blood pressures of Bolivian blacks 

      Frisancho, A Roberto; Farrow, S; Friedenzohn, Isabel; Johnson, Tiffany; Kapp, Beth; Miranda, Christina; Pérez, María; Rauchle, Isha; Sánchez, Nicholas; Wheatcroft, Gloria; Woodill, Lita; Ayllón, Irma; Bellido, Diva; Rodríguez, Armando; Machicao, Jorge; Villena, Mercedes; Vargas, Enrique (American Journal of Human Biology, 1999)
      Abstract. The tendency toward hypertension or higher blood pressure is more common in blacks than whites. The factors that account for these differences are attributed to both environmental and genetic factors. To clarify ...