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Adolescent Metabolic Syndrome Risk Is Increased with Higher Infancy Weight Gain and Decreased with Longer Breast Feeding
(2012)Background. Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome is increasing in pediatric age groups worldwide. Meeting the criteria for the metabolic syndrome puts children at risk for later cardiovascular and metabolic disease. ... -
Developmental scores at 1 year with increasing gestational age, 37-41 weeks
(American Academy of Pediatrics, 2013)OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between gestational age and mental and psychomotor development scores in healthy infants born between 37 and 41 weeks. METHODS: The cohort included 1562 participants enrolled during ... -
Early behavioral risks of childhood and adolescent daytime urinary incontinence and nocturnal enuresis
(Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2017)Copyright 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.Objective: To investigate whether infant temperament and childhood internalizing, externalizing, and inattention symptoms increase the likelihood of daytime ... -
Early onset obesity and risk of metabolic syndrome among chilean adolescents
(Centers Disease Control, 2017)Introduction Obesity and metabolic syndrome (MetS) indicators have increased globally among the pediatric population. MetS indicators in the young elevate their risk of cardiovascular disease and metabolic disorders ... -
Healthy Chilean Adolescents with HOMA-IR ≥ 2.6 Have Increased Cardiometabolic Risk: Association with Genetic, Biological, and Environmental Factors
(Hindawi Publishing, 2015)Objective. To determine the optimal cutoff of the homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) for diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) in adolescents and examine whether insulin resistance (IR), determined ... -
High cardiometabolic risk in healthy Chilean adolescents: associations with anthropometric, biological and lifestyle factors
(CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 2016)Objective: To analyse the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in healthy adolescents of low to middle socio-economic status and to study the influence of anthropometric, biological and lifestyle factors on the risk ... -
High HOMA-IR, adjusted for puberty, relates to the metabolic syndrome in overweight and obese Chilean youths
(2011)Objective: To determine how the homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) is related to metabolic risk in a sample of overweight and obese Chilean youths accounting for Tanner stage. Methods: A cross-sectional ... -
Increased adiposity as a potential risk factor for lower academic performance: A cross-sectional study in chilean adolescents from low-to-middle socioeconomic background
(MDPI AG, 2018)© 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. We explored the association between excess body fat and academic performance in high school students from Santiago, Chile. In 632 16-year-olds (51% males) from ... -
Leptin status in adolescence is associated with academic performance in high school: A cross-sectional study in a Chilean birth cohort
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2016)Objective: Leptin is a pleiotropic hormone associated with learning and memory via brain receptors. However, elevated plasma leptin levels may impair cognitive and memory functions. Since individual differences in memory ... -
Low bone mineral density in a cohort of normal, overweight and obese Chilean adolescents
(Blackwell, 2011)This study aimed to report on a high prevalence of low bone mineral density (BMD) and to explore the relationship between BMD, sex and body composition among a cohort of Chilean adolescents. -
Low muscle mass is associated with cardiometabolic risk regardless of nutritional status in adolescents: a cross sectional study in a Chilean birth cohort
(Wiley, 2017)BackgroundIncreased cardiometabolic risk (CMR) is documented in obese and non-obese adolescents with low muscular fitness. However, the association of low muscle mass (LMM) with CMR, independent of weight status, has not ... -
Nutritional quality of diet and academic performance in Chilean students Qualité nutritionnelle de l’alimentation et résultats scolaires des lycéens chiliens Calidad nutricional de la dieta y rendimiento académico de los estudiantes chilenos
(World Health Organization, 2016)© 2016, World Health Organization. All rights reserved.Objective To explore associations between the nutritional quality of diet at age 16 years and academic performance in students from Santiago, Chile. Methods We assessed ...
