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    • Gender differences in predictors of self-rated health among older adults in Brazil and Chile 
      Viana Campos, Ana Cristina; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Lera Marques, Lydia; Sánchez Reyes, Hugo; Duarte Vargas, Andrea María; Ferreira e Ferreira, Efigenia (Biomed Central, 2015)
      Background: The determinants of self-rated health (SRH) have been widely investigated to explain social differences and gender differences in health. This study aimed to investigate the gender differences in predictors ...
    • 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 Badillo, Bárbara Karen; Sánchez, Hugo (Public Library Science, 2018)
      Background This study was aimed to estimate life expectancy (LE), disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) and disabled life expectancy (DLE) among older adults from Santiago, Chile, and to determine the existence of ...
    • Genome-wide association study identifying novel variant for fasting insulin and allelic heterogeneity in ... 
      Buchanan, Victoria L.; Wang, Yujie; Blanco, Estela; Graff, Mariaelisa; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Burrows Argote, Raquel; Santos, José L.; Ángel, Barbara; Lozoff, Betsy; Voruganti, Venkata Saroja; Guo, Xiuqing; Taylor, Kent D.; Chen, Yii-Der Ida; Yao, Jie; Tan, Jingyi; Downie, Carolina; Highland, Heather M.; Justice, Anne E.; Gahagan, Sheila; North, Kari E. (Wiley, 2020)
      Background The genetic underpinnings of glycemic traits have been understudied in adolescent and Hispanic/Latino (H/L) populations in comparison to adults and populations of European ancestry. Objective To identify genetic ...
    • Healthy Chilean Adolescents with HOMA-IR ≥ 2.6 Have Increased Cardiometabolic Risk: Association with Genetic, ... 
      Burrows, Raquel; Correa Burrows, Paulina; Reyes Jedlicki, Marcela; Blanco, Estela; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Gahagan, Sheila (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 ... 
      Burrows, Raquel; Correa Burrows, Paulina; Reyes Jedlicki, Marcela; Blanco, Estela; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Gahagan, Sheila (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 levels of circulating folate concentrations are associated with DNA methylation of tumor suppressor ... 
      Sánchez, Hugo; Hossain, Mohammad B.; Lera Marques, Lydia; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Broberg, Karin; Ronco Macchiavello, Ana María (BIOMED Central Ltd., 2017)
      Background: Changes in DNA methylation, one of the most studied epigenetic mechanisms, are considered an initial marker for early cancer detection. We evaluated how availability of dietary factors (folates and vitamin B12) ...
    • Impact of a school-based intervention on nutritional education and physical activity in primary public ... 
      Bustos Zapata, Nelly Aracely; Olivares Cortes, Sonia Margarita; Leyton Dinamarca, Bárbara; Cano Cappellacci, Marcelo; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (Cross Mark, 2016)
      Chile has suffered a fast increase in childhood obesity in the last 10 years. As a result, several school programmes have been implemented, however the effectiveness of these needs to be evaluated to identify and prioritize ...
    • 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 ...
    • Inequalities in health. Adult mortality in communities of Metropolitan Santiago 
      Sánchez R., Hugo; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2004-04)
      Background: In the last decade, Chile achieve a significant reduction in poverty, however income distribution still shows inequalities. The richest 10% of the population perceived 46% of total income. Aim: To study the ...
    • Intestinal FABP2 A54T polymorphism: Association with insulin resistance and obesity in women 
      Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Santos, José Luis; Cifuentes, Mariana; Villarroel, Ana C.; Lera Marques, Lydia; Liberman Guendelman, Claudio; Ángel Badillo, Bárbara; Pérez Bravo, Francisco (NORTH AMER ASSOC STUDY OBESITY, 2004-02)
      Objective: To assess the association between the Ala54Thr genetic polymorphism of the fatty acid-binding protein 2 (FABP2) gene with insulin resistance and obesity. Research Methods and Procedures: According to a sampling ...
    • Lack of association between the fatty acid binding protein 2 (FABP2) polymorphism with obesity and insulin ... 
      Pérez Bravo, Francisco; Fuentes, M.; Ángel Badillo, Bárbara; Sánchez, H.; Carrasco, Elena; Santos, J. L.; Lera Marques, Lydia; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (SPRINGER, 2006-12)
      The aim of this study was to assess the frequency of fatty acid binding protein 2 (FABP2) Ala54Thr genetic polymorphism and to evaluate its association with obesity and insulin resistance in Chilean aboriginal populations. ...
    • Larger Anti-adipogenic Effect of Angiotensin II on omental preadipose cells of obese humans 
      Brücher, Rodrigo; Cifuentes, Mariana; Acuña, María José; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Rojas Baechler, Cecilia (NORTH AMER ASSOC STUDY OBESITY, 2007-07)
      Objective: The ability to form new adipose cells is important to adipose tissue physiology; however, the mechanisms controlling the recruitment of adipocyte progenitors are poorly understood. A role for locally generated ...
    • Low Leptin Availability as a Risk Factor for Dementia in Chilean Older People 
      Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Ángel Badillo, Bárbara Karen; Lera Marques, Lydia; Sánchez Reyes, Hugo; Márquez, Carlos; Fuentes Guglielmetti, Patricio Alberto (2016)
      Objective: The aim was to study the role of leptin in the development of dementia. Methods: Follow-up of the ALEXANDROS cohorts, with baseline measurements in 2000. From 1,136 available subjects free of dementia at baseline, ...
    • Low muscle mass is associated with cardiometabolic risk regardless of nutritional status in adolescents: a ... 
      Burrows, Raquel; Correa Burrows, María Paulina; Reyes Jedlicki, Marcela; Blanco, Estela; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Gahagan, S. (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 ...
    • Measuring change in perceived well being of family caregivers: validation of the spanish version of the ... 
      Aravena, Jose M.; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Gitlin, Laura N. (Wiley, 2018)
      ObjectiveFew instruments evaluate family caregiver perceptions of challenges caring for persons with dementia and improvement or worsening in these areas. To address this measurement gap, we examine psychometric properties ...
    • Mini Nutritional Assessment short-form: Validation in five Latin American cities. SABE study 
      Lera Marques, Lydia; Sánchez, H.; Ángel Badillo, Bárbara; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (Springer, 2016)
      To validate the short-form of the MNA (MNA-SF) and the cut-off point of 31 cm for calf circumference (CC) in older people in Latin America. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 5,722 community-dwelling older ...
    • Niveles plasmáticos de citoquinas IL-1, IL2 e IL-4 en niños diabéticos tipo 1 de diagnóstico reciente y su ... 
      Pérez Bravo, Francisco; Oyarzún, Amaya; Carrasco Piña, Elena; Ángel Badillo, Bárbara; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Santos, José Luis (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2004-04)
      Background: Type 1 diabetes is an organ specific autoimmune disease whose incidence is increasing worldwide. A functional imbalance in cytokine production resulting in dominance of T helper (Th1) over Th2-type response has ...
    • No Evidence for an Association Between Genetic Polymorphisms of 
      Santos, José Luis; Pérez Bravo, Francisco; Martínez, J. A.; Montalvo, Domingo; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Carrasco, Elena (Elsevier Science Inc., 2002)
      OBJECTIVE: We assessed the association between Gln27Glu and Trp64Arg genetic polymorphisms of the 2 (ADRB2) and 3 (ADRB3) adrenergic receptor genes with body mass index and other cardiovascular risk factors. METHODS: ...
    • Nutrition transition in Chile revisited: mid-term evaluation of obesity goals for the period 2000-2010 
      Vio del Río, Fernando Tomás; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Kain Berkovic, Juliana (CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 2008-04)
      Objective: To analyse the nutritional status component of the nutrition transition in Chile in relation to the evolution of obesity rates in all age groups until 2005, comparing these with the goals established by the ...
    • Osteoporosis, falls and fractures in chilean older people 
      Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Lera Marques, Lydia; Angel Badillo, Bárbara Karen; Sánchez, H.; Márquez Jara, Carlos; Arroyo Albala, Patricia (Springer, 2017)