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We studied whether greater level of urbanization was associated with worse kidney function and higher hemoglobin was associated with worse kidney function at high altitude.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Cross-sectional analysis of population-based studies in Peru including five sites at different altitude above the sea level and urbanization level (in decreasing order of urbanization): Lima (sea level), Arequipa (2335\u2009m), urban Puno (3825\u2009m), Tumbes (sea level), and rural Puno (3825\u2009m). The exposures were urbanization and altitude as per study site, and hemoglobin (g\/dL). The outcome was the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Four thousand two hundred eight people were studied: mean age was 57.4 years (standard deviation: 12.4) and 51.9% were women. In comparison to rural Puno, eGFR was similar in Lima; in comparison to rural Puno, Arequipa, urban Puno, and Tumbes had worse eGFR, for example, in Arequipa, \u03b2\u2009=\u2009\u22128.07 (95% confidence interval [CI]: \u221210.90 to \u22125.24). Intermediate (\u03b2\u2009=\u2009\u22128.60; 95% CI: \u221210.55 to \u22126.66) and high (\u03b2\u2009=\u2009\u221211.21; 95% CI: \u221214.19 to \u22128.24) altitude were negatively correlated with eGFR when only urban places were analyzed. At high altitude, there was a trend for a negative association between hemoglobin and eGFR: \u03b2\u2009=\u2009\u22121.09 (95% CI: \u22122.22 to 0.04).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Apparently, higher altitude and level of urbanization, except for one highly urbanized site, were associated with worse kidney function. 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