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    • Anthropometry, body composition and functional limitations in the elderly Indicadores antropométricos, ... 
      Arroyo, Patricia; Lera Marques, Lydia; Sánchez, Hugo; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Santos, José Luis; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (2007)
      Background: Functional limitations limit the independence and jeopardize the quality of life of elderly subjects. Aim: To assess the association between anthropometric measures and body composition with functional limitations ...
    • Association between anxiety and severe quality-of-life impairment in postmenopausal women: analysis of a ... 
      Nuñez Pizarro, Jorge L.; González Luna, Alejandro; Mezones Holguín, Edward; Blumel Méndez, Juan; Barón, Germán; Bencosme, Ascanio; Benítez, Zully; Bravo, Luz M.; Calle, Andrés; Flores, Daniel; Espinoza, María T.; Gómez, Gustavo; Hernández Bueno, José A.; Martino, Mabel; Lima, Selva; Monterrosa, Álvaro; Mostajo, Desiree; Ojeda, Eliana; Onatra, William; Sánchez, Hugo; Tserotas, Konstantinos; Vallejos, María S.; Witis, Silvina; Zúñiga, María C.; Chedraui, Peter (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2017-06)
      Objective: To evaluate associations between anxiety and severe impairment of quality of life (QoL) in Latin American postmenopausal women. Methods: This was a secondary analysis of a multicenter cross-sectional study ...
    • Association of sedentariness and health promoting lifestyles in older adults Actividad física y perfil de ... 
      Durán Agüero, Samuel; Sánchez, Hugo; Valladares, Macarena; López, Antonio; Valdés Badilla, Pablo; Herrera, Tomás (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2017)
      © 2017, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved.Background: Part of having healthy lifestyles should be a regular practice of physical activities. Aim: To evaluate the association between the practice of physical ...
    • Comparison of two modes of vitamin B12supplementation on neuroconduction and cognitive function among older ... 
      Sánchez, Hugo; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Lera Marques, Lydia; Castillo, José; Verdugo Latorre, Renato; Lavados Montes, Manuel; Hertrampf, Eva; Brito, Alex; Allen, Lindsay; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo (BioMed Central Ltd., 2011)
      Background: Older people have a high risk of vitamin B 12deficiency; this can lead to varying degrees of cognitive and neurological impairment. CBL deficiency may present as macrocytic anemia, subacute combined degeneration ...
    • Compliance with guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia at primary health care centers ... 
      Sánchez, Hugo; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Dangour, Alan D.; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo (2009)
      Background: Community acquired pneumonia (CAP) has a high mortality rate among older people. To increase its treatment efficiency, the Chilean Ministry of Health elaborated a clinical management guideline for CAP. Aim: To ...
    • Frequency of frailty and its association with cognitive status and survival in older Chileans 
      Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Lera Marques, Lydia; Sánchez, Hugo; Angel, Barbara; Márquez, Carlos; Arroyo, Patricia; Fuentes, Patricio (Dove Medical Press Ltd., 2017)
      © 2017 Albala et al.Background: Age-associated brain physiologic decline and reduced mobility are key elements of increased age-associated vulnerability. Objective: To study the frequency of frailty phenotype and its ...
    • Gender, nutritional status and disability-free life expectancy among older people in Santiago, Chile 
      Moreno, Ximena; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Lera Marques, Lydia; Leyton Dinamarca, Bárbara; Angel, Bárbara; Sánchez, Hugo (Public Library of Science, 2018)
      © 2018 Moreno et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original ...
    • Indicadores antropométricos, composición corporal y limitaciones funcionales en ancianos 
      Arroyo Albala, Patricia; Lera Marques, Lydia; Sánchez, Hugo; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Santos, José Luis; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2007-07)
      Functional limitations limit the independence and jeopardize the quality of life of elderly subjects. Aim: To assess the association between anthropometric measures and body composition with functional limitations in ...
    • Prevalence of vitamin B-12 deficiency in older adults Déficit de vitamina B-12 en adultos mayores: ¿un ... 
      Sánchez, Hugo; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Hertrampf, Eva; Verdugo Latorre, Renato; Lavados Montes, Manuel; Castillo, Jose Luis; Lera Marques, Lydia; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo (2010)
      Background: There is a correlation between aging and the decrease of plasma levels of vitamin B-12. Aim: To determine the prevalence of vitamin B-12 and folate deficiency and its hematological impact among older adults ...
    • Reference values of hand grip dynamometry and the relationship between low strength and mortality in older Chileans 
      Lera Marques, Lydia; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Leyton Dinamarca, Bárbara; Márquez Jara, Carlos; Angel Badillo, Bárbara Karen; Saguez, Rodrigo; Sánchez, Hugo (Dove Medical Press, 2018)
      Aim: This study was aimed to set reference values of hand-grip strength by age and sex and validate cut points for risk of functional limitation and mortality in older Chileans. Methods: This was a pooled analysis of ...
    • Reply Réplica 
      Durán, Samuel; Sánchez, Hugo; Valladares, Macarena; López, Antonio; Carvajal Valdés, Pablo Andrés; Herrera, Tomas (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2018)
    • Sedentary lifestyle in middle-aged women is associated with severe menopausal symptoms and obesity 
      Blümel Méndez, Juan; Fica, Juan; Chedraui, Peter; Mezones Holguín, Edward; Zúñiga, María C.; Witis, Silvina; Vallejo, María S.; Tserotas, Konstantinos; Sánchez, Hugo; Onatra, William; Ojeda, Eliana; Mostajo, Desiree; Monterrosa, Álvaro; Lima, Selva; Martino, Mabel; Hernández Bueno, José; Gómez, Gustavo; Espinoza, María T.; Flores, Daniel; Calle, Andrés; Bravo, Luz M.; Benítez, Zully; Bencosme, Ascanio; Barón, Germán; Aedo Monsalve, Sócrates (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2016)
      Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the association between sedentary lifestyle and the severity of menopausal symptoms and obesity in middle-aged women. Methods: The Menopause Rating Scale, the Goldberg ...
    • Socioeconomic inequalities in active life expectancy and disability related to obesity among older people ... 
      Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Sánchez, Hugo; Lera Marques, Lydia; Angel, Bárbara; Cea, Ximena (2011)
      Background: The rapid increase in life expectancy in Chile, with obesity as the main nutritional problem in all age groups, makes it necessary to ask whether the years gained are healthy. Aim: To study the trajectories of ...
    • Validation of the rapid assessment of physical activity scale (RAPA) in an adult chilean population seeking ... 
      Pérez, J. Carola; Bustamante, Claudia; Campos, Solange; Sánchez, Hugo; Beltrán, Angela; Medina, Margarita (Universidad de La Sabana, 2015)
      © 2015, Universidad de La Sabana, Japan. All rights reserved. Introduction: Physical activity is vital to health care and having instruments to measure and monitor changes in people who are physically active is essential. ...