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Ossa, Ximena; Bustos, Patricia; Muñoz, Sergio; Amigo, Hugo (2012)Background: The age at menarche may influence decisively health and disease in women. It also indicates the beginning of the reproductive period and, as a consequence, the possibility of biological continuity for the human ...
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Bustos, Patricia; Rosas, Bernardita; Román, Pablo E.; Villagrán, Juan; Amigo, Hugo (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2016)© 2016, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved. Background: Metabolic syndrome is highly prevalent among adults in Chile and represents a health risk. Aim: To determine the relationship between metabolic syndrome ...
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Amigo, Hugo; Vásquez, Alejandra; Bustos, Patricia (Cambridge University Press, 2018)Copyright © The Authors 2018. Objective To verify the association between changes in socio-economic level (SEL) and nutritional status of Chilean adults over a 10-year period.Design Concurrent cohort study.Setting/Subjects ...
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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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Amigo Cartagena, Hugo; Bustos, Patricia; Erazo, Marcia; Cumsille, Patricio; Silva, Claudio (2007)Background: Rates of obesity reach high levels in Chile, with geographic, social and school variations. Aim: To identify factors at two levels associated with excessive weight in school children: child-family characteristics ...
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Bustos, Patricia; Amigo, Hugo; Vásquez, Alejandra; Vargas, Claudio (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2014)Background: Metabolic syndrome is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Its frequency is increasing steadily Aim: To evaluate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) and its components in a 10-year tracking ...
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Pienovi, Lucía; Lara, Macarena; Bustos, Patricia; Amigo, Hugo (Archivos Latinoamericanos Nutricion, 2015)Consuming fruits and vegetables is known to lower blood pressure. However, it is unclear how much should be consumed in order to achieve this effect. The aim of this study was to analyze the association between fruit and ...
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Pienovi, Lucía; Lara, Macarena; Bustos, Patricia; Amigo, Hugo (Archivos Latinoamericanos Nutricion, 2015)Consuming fruits and vegetables is known to lower blood pressure. However, it is unclear how much should be consumed in order to achieve this effect. The aim of this study was to analyze the association between fruit and ...
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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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Araneda, Jacqueline; Bustos, Patricia; Cerecera, Francisco; Amigo, Hugo (Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, 2015)Objective. To estimate the association between the intake of sugar-sweetened non-alcoholic beverages and body mass index (BMI) in Chilean school children. Materials and methods. Food consumption frequency data were analyzed ...
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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 ...
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Valenzuela, Karen; Bustos, Patricia (Sociedad Latinoamericana de Nutrición, 2012)The objective was to determine the association between values of waist circumference (WC) and waist: height ratio (W/H) with blood pressure (BP) and to estimate which of these indicators present the best association with ...
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Bustos, Patricia; da Silva, Antonio Augusto M.; Amigo, Hugo; Bettiol, Heloisa; Barbieri, Marco A. (2007)Background and aim: Since little information on the metabolic syndrome (MS) is available in Latin America, the aim of this study was to explore whether and to what extent differing socioeconomic conditions influence the ...
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Amigo, Hugo; Erazo, Marcia; Bustos, Patricia; Aguilar, Carolina; Taibo, Marcela (2008)Background: Anthropometry is used to survey health and nutritional situation of the population. Therefore the quality of the information that is being used must be evaluated. Aim: To estimate the agreement in weight, height ...
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Arteaga, Antonio; Bustos, Patricia; Soto, Rodrigo; Velasco, Nicolás; Amigo, Hugo (2010)Background: Physical activity (PA) has a protective role in cardiovascular diseases. Aim: To quantify PA in young adults and to correlate it with cardiovascular risk factors. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study ...
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Bustos, Patricia; Muñoz, Sergio; Vargas, Claudio; Amigo, Hugo (2009)Objective. To estimate the effect of indigenous ancestry and poverty on nutritional outcomes in Chilean schoolchildren. Material and Methods. We used the national database of children entering to the public educational ...
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Amigo, Hugo; Bustos, Patricia; Zumelzu, Elinor (2002)BACKGROUND: Anthropometrical measurements at birth are the result of the conditions during pregnancy, being an issue of current interest due to the reported relationship of birth weight with non communicable chronic diseases ...
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Amigo, Hugo; Vásquez, Sofía; Bustos, Patricia; Ortiz, Guillermo; Lara, Macarena (2012)The objective was to analyze the relationship between socioeconomic status and age at menarche among indigenous and non-indigenous girls in the Araucanía Region of Chile, controlling for nutritional status and mother's age ...
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Bustos, Patricia; Amigo, Hugo; Muzzo, Santiago; Ossa, Ximena (2009)Background: Improvements in environmental conditions may result in an earlier onset of thelarche. However, its onset is not homogeneous among different population groups. Aim: To assess the relationship between nutritional ...