• High-altitude ancestry protects against hypoxia-associated reductions in fetal growth 

      Julian, Colleen Glyde; Vargas, Enrique; Armaza, J Fernando; Wilson, Megan J; Niermeyer, Susan; Moore, Lorna G (Archives of Disease in Childhood-Fetal and Neonatal, 2007-02-28)
      Objective: The chronic hypoxia of high-altitude (>2500 m) residence has been shown to decrease birth weight in all populations studied to date. However, multigenerational high-altitude populations appear protected relative ...