Antioxidant defense and oxidative damage vary widely among high-altitude residents.
Allison J JanochaSuzy A A ComhairBuddha BasnyatManiraj NeupaneAmha GebremedhinAnam KhanKristin S RicciRenliang ZhangSerpil C ErzurumCynthia M BeallPublished in: American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council (2017)
High-altitude residence alone does not associate with high antioxidant defenses; residence length appears to be influential. The single-generation upward migrant sample had the lowest defense and nearly the highest DNA damage. The two high-altitude resident samples with millennia of residence had higher defenses than the two with multiple or single generations of residence.