Browsing by Author "XX676145"
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(SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2006-09)Background: Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) has an increased expression in the adipose tissue of obese subjects and is involved in insulin resistance. Aim: To screen for associations between -308G/A, -238G/A, -376G/A ...
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(SENPE, 2014)Introducción: El objetivo del estudio es estimar si el déficit de B12 se asocia con el uso de la metformina en adultos mayores (AM) diabéticos. Métodos: Estudio de casos y controles en AM diabéticos. Los casos (n = ...
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(Springer, 2016)
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(Aula Médica Ediciones, 2015)Objetivos: Estimar y validar puntos de corte de índice de masa muscular esquelética (IMMAE) en adultos mayores chilenos, para el diagnóstico de sarcopenia Métodos: Estimación de puntos de corte para IMMAE determinados ...
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(Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 2007-08)Objective: The FABP2 Ala54Thr polymorphism has been associated with insulin resistance and diabetes in several populations. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of FABP2 genotypes in 223 Chilean subjects ...
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(Springer, 2017)The human DNA is exposed to a number of changes, these changes are frequently carried out in one or few nucleotides called mutations, which can be caused by errors in the mechanisms of DNA replication and repair as well ...
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(2006)Background: There are great geographical differences in the incidence of type I diabetes mellitus. Aim: To determine the incidence rate of type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1) in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, Chile from ...
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(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 ...
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(OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 2002-10)BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate the peripheral serum androgen concentrations in normal and polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) women during pregnancy, in order to establish if PCOS may induce gestational ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2009-03)Background: Cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4) has been one of the non HLA genes more commonly studied in type 1 diabets mellitus (TID). CTLA-4 is a co-stimulation protein that has a key role in the ...
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(SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2004-10)Background: The prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors is increasing in aboriginal populations in Chile. Aim: To study the prevalence of obesity, type 2 diabetes and serum lipids in two aboriginal populations, Mapuche ...
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(OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 2003-12)BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to establish the effect of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) adjusted for adiposity on proinsulin concentrations. METHODS: Ninety-one women with PCOS and 72 normal cycling (NC) women ...
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(ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, 2007-07)Objective: To evaluate the influence of ApaI, BsmI and TaqI polymorphisms of the VDR gene and HLA-DQB1* alleles in type 1 diabetic children and to assess their possible relationship with circulating levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin ...
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(SPRINGER, 2004)Several reports have found a relation between polymorphisms of the vitamin D receptor gene (VDR) and the development of type I diabetes. We have examined the association of three VDR polymorphism with type I diabetes in ...
