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Hypoxia results when barometric pressure falls with ascent to altitude, and with it the partial pressure of inspired oxygen (\u2018hypobaric hypoxia\u2019). birthweight is reduced when native lowlanders gestate at such high altitude (HA)\u2014an effect mitigated in native (millennia) HA populations. Studying HA populations offer a route to explore the mechanisms by which hypoxia impacts foetal growth.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Between February 2017 and January 2019, we prospectively studied 316 pregnant women, in Leh, Ladakh (altitude 3524\u2009m, where oxygen partial pressure is reduced by 1\/3) and 101 pregnant women living in Delhi (low altitude, 216\u2009m above sea level).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Of Ladakhi HA newborns, 14% were small for gestational age (&lt;10th birthweight centile) vs 19% of newborn at low altitude. At HA, increased maternal body mass index, age, and uterine artery (UtA) diameter were positively associated with growth &gt;10th weight centile.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>This study showed that Ladakhi offspring birthweight is relatively spared from the expected adverse HA effects. 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