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    • Age at menopause in Latin America 
      Blümel, Juan E.; Chedraui, Peter; Calle, Andrés; Bocanera, Roberto; Depiano, Eduardo; Figueroa-Casas, Pedro; Gonzalez, Carlos; Martino, Mabel; Royer, Monique; Zuñiga, Cristina; Dulon, Alfredo; Espinoza, María T.; Futchner, Carlos; Mostajo, Desireé; Soto, Edwin; Marco, A (2006)
      OBJECTIVE: To assess the age at menopause (AM) in Latin America urban areas. DESIGN: A total of 17,150 healthy women, aged 40 to 59 years, accompanying patients to healthcare centers in 47 cities of 15 Latin American ...
    • Is the Androgen Deficiency of Aging Men (ADAM) questionnaire useful for the screening of partial androgenic ... 
      Blümel, Juan E.; Chedraui, Peter; Gili, Sebastian A.; Navarro, Alejandra; Valenzuela, Karen; Vallejo, Soledad (2009)
      Background: Androgen serum levels significantly decrease in older men, causing quality of life impairment and increasing the risk of chronic disease. This disorder is defined as PADAM (Partial Androgen Deficiency of Aging ...
    • Low bone mineral density in middle-aged women: A red flag for sarcopenia 
      Campodónico, Italo; Blümel, Juan E.; Arteaga, Eugenio; Vallejo, María S.; Valdivia, María I. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2018)
      © 2017 by The North American Menopause Society. Objective: This study evaluated whether low bone density, a condition related to aging, is associated with low muscle mass, a surrogate for sarcopenia, and whether it could ...
    • Multimorbidity in a cohort of middle-aged women: Risk factors and disease clustering 
      Blümel, Juan E.; Carrillo Larco, Rodrigo M.; Vallejo, María S.; Chedraui, Peter (Elsevier, 2020)
      Objective: We aimed to evaluate which risk factors in middle-aged women are associated with higher risk of multimorbidity in older age. Study design: We conducted a prospective cohort study from 1990 to 1993 in Santiago ...
    • Obesity and its relation to depressive symptoms and sedentary lifestyle in middle-aged women 
      Blümel, Juan E.; Chedraui, Peter; Aedo Monsalve, Sócrates; Fica, Juan; Mezones Holguín, Edward; Barón, Germán; Bencosme, Ascanio; Benítez, Zully; Bravo, Luz M.; Calle, Andrés; Flores, Daniel; Espinoza, María T.; Gómez, Gustavo; Hernández-Bueno, José A.; Laribezcoa, Fiorella; Mar (Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2015)
      © 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.Background The prevalence of obesity increases during female mid-life and although many factors have been identified, data from Latin America is lacking. Objective To assess ...
    • Women's Health Initiative estrogen plus progestin clinical trial: A study that does not allow establishing ... 
      Aedo Monsalve, Sócrates; Cavada Chacón, Gabriel; Blümel, Juan E.; Chedraui, Peter; Fica, Juan; Barriga, Patricio; Brantes, Sergio; Irribarra, Cristina; Vallejo, María; Campodónico, Ítalo (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2015)
      © 2015 by The North American Menopause Society. Objective: This study aims to determine time differences (differences in restricted mean survival times [RMSTs]) in the onset of invasive breast cancer, coronary heart disease, ...