aCRONICAS Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

bUniversidad Científica del Sur, Lima

cEscuela de Medicina Humana, Universidad Continental, Huancayo, Perú

Correspondence to Daniel Mendoza-Quispe, MD, MSc, CRONICAS Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Av. Armendariz 445, Miraflores, Lima 18, Peru. E-mail: [email protected]

Abbreviations: 95% CI, 95% confidence intervals; DHS, Demographic and Health Survey; INEI, National Institute of Statistics and Informatics; m.a.s.l., meters above sea level; SD, standard deviation

Received 19 December, 2022

Revised 9 March, 2023

Accepted 13 March, 2023

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