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García Larsen, Vanessa; Potts, James F.; Del Giacco, Stefano; Bustos Muñoz, Patricia De Las Mercedes; Díaz, Patricia V.; Amigo Cartagena, Hugo; Oyarzún Gomez, Manuel Jesús; Rona, Roberto J. (Biomed Central Ltd., 2016)Background: We investigated the net changes in prevalence of symptoms of asthma and rhinitis over 10 years in a cohort of young by baseline sensitization status. Methods: One thousand one hundred ninety three Chilean ...
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Childhood environment and atopic conditions, with emphasis on asthma in a Chilean agricultural area Vargas, Claudio; Bustos, Patricia; Diaz, Patricia V.; Amigo, Hugo; Rona, Roberto J. (2008)Background. An explanation of the etiology of atopic conditions based on the hygiene hypothesis remains controversial. Objective. To analyze exposure variables in childhood to assess their impact on hay fever, asthma, and ...
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Amigo, Hugo; Bustos, Patricia; Zumelzú, Elinor; Rona, Roberto J. (Oxford University Press, 2014)The Limache cohort was set up to assess the programming and life course events hypotheses in relation to cardiovascular risk factors and chronic respiratory conditions, especially asthma, in the context of an unprecedented ...
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Do psychological distress and somatization contribute to misattribution of asthma? A Chilean study Rona, Roberto J.; Smeeton, Nigel C.; Amigo, Hugo; Vargas, Claudio (2007)Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the association between asthma and distress by whether symptoms of asthma present alone or are accompanied by atopy or bronchial reactivity to methacholine [bronchial ...
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Bustos Muñoz, Patricia; Amigo Cartagena, Hugo; Bangdiwala, Shrikant; Pizarro, Tito; Rona, Roberto J. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2016)Objectives: To assess whether the association between birth weight and blood pressure (BP) increases with age using three different statistical methods. Methods: A representative sample of 1232 study participants born ...
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Indoor risk factors for cough and their relation to wheeze and sensitization in Chilean young adults Potts, James F.; Rona, Roberto J.; Oyarzun, Manuel J.; Amigo, Hugo; Bustos, Patricia (2008)Objectives. We assessed the effects of indoor risk factors, including smoking, on different types of cough and on cough and wheeze in combination. Methods. Our sample was composed of 1232 men and women residing in a ...
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Lara, MacArena; Bustos, Patricia; Amigo, Hugo; Silva, Claudio; Rona, Roberto J. (2012)Background: It has been reported that waist circumference (WC) is a better predictor of cardiovascular risk factors than body mass index (BMI), although the findings have not been consistent. The aim of this study was to ...