Positive association between altitude and suicide in U.S. counties
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Re: Positive association between altitude and suicide in U.S. counties
#2Altitude as a proxy for isolation, perhaps
Re: Positive association between altitude and suicide in U.S. counties
#3Interesting correlation! This looks like variable omission.
What happens if we control for distance to a body of water? I suspect that has a more direct impact on wellbeing.
Re: Positive association between altitude and suicide in U.S. counties
#4I haven't dug into their controls, but it seems to me that higher altitude may be associated with remoteness.
Re: Positive association between altitude and suicide in U.S. counties
#5Altitude as a proxy for isolation, perhaps
> Controlling for... population density of each county,
Re: Positive association between altitude and suicide in U.S. counties
#6I haven't dug into their controls, but it seems to me that higher altitude may be associated with remoteness.
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Re: Positive association between altitude and suicide in U.S. counties
#7Altitude as a proxy for isolation, perhaps
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Re: Positive association between altitude and suicide in U.S. counties
#10I haven't dug into their controls, but it seems to me that higher altitude may be associated with remoteness.
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From the article:
Increased altitude has recently been shown to have a protective association with certain medical illnesses, with apparent decreases in mortality among patients with end-stage renal disease receiving dialysis (Winkelmayer et al., 2009), coronary artery disease (Baibas et al., 2005; Faeh et al., 2009), and stroke (Faeh et al., 2009). By contrast, increased altitude may enhance psychiatric disorders, such as panic attacks (Roth et al., 2002).
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Controlling for... population density of each county