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    • Association between education and blood lipid levels as income increases over a decade: a cohort study 
      Lara, Macarena; Amigo Cartagena, Hugo (BIOMED Central Ltd., 2018)
      Background: Cardiovascular risk factors have increased along with economic development, but it is not clear if this tendency differs by education. The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of education on blood lipid ...
    • Change in postmenarche anthropometric indicators in indigenous and nonindigenous adolescents from Chile 
      Lara, Macarena; Bustos Muñoz, Patricia; Amigo Cartagena, Hugo (Wiley, 2017)
      ObjectiveTo analyze the change in anthropometric indicators between menarche and 36 months after menarche among indigenous and non-indigenous adolescents from the Araucania Region of Chile. MethodThis was a concurrent ...
    • Fruit and vegetable intake, and blood pressure. A population research Consumo de frutas, verduras y presión ... 
      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 ...
    • Fruit and vegetable intake, and blood pressure. A population research Consumo de frutas, verduras y presión ... 
      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 ...
    • Indigenous and tribal peoples' health (The Lancet–Lowitja Institute Global Collaboration): a population study 
      Anderson, Ian; Robson, Bridget; Connolly, Michele; Al-Yaman, Fadwa; Bjertness, Espen; King, Alexandra; Tynan, Michael; Madden, Richard; Bang, Abhay; Coimbra, Carlos; Pesantes, María Amalia; Amigo, Hugo; Andronov, Sergei; Armien, Blas; Ayala Obando, Daniel; Axelsson, Per; Bhatti, Zaid Shakoor; Bhutta, Zulfi qar Ahmed; Bjerregaard, Peter; Bjertness, Marius B.; Briceño León, Roberto; Broderstad, Ann Ragnhild; Bustos, Patricia; Chongsuvivatwong, Virasakdi; Chu, Jiayou; Deji; Gouda, Jitendra; Harikumar, Rachakulla; Htay, Thein Thein; Htet, Aung Soe; Izugbara, Chimaraoke; Kamaka, Martina; King, Malcolm; Kodavanti, Mallikharjuna Rao; Lara, Macarena; Laxmaiah, Avula; Lema, Claudia; León Taborda, Ana María; Liabsuetrakul, Tippawan; Lobanov, Andrey; Melhus, Marita; Meshram, Indrapal; Miranda, J. Jaime; Mu, Thet Thet; Nagalla, Balkrishna; Nimmathota, Arlappa; Popov, Andrey Ivanovich; Peñuela Poveda, Ana María; Ram, Faujdar; Reich, Hannah; Santos, Ricardo V.; Sein, Aye Aye; Shekhar, Chander; Sherpa, Lhamo Y.; Skold, Peter; Tano, Sofía; Tanywe, Asahngwa; Ugwu, Chidi; Ugwu, Fabián; Vapattanawong, Patama; Wan, Xia; Welch, James R.; Yang, Gonghuan; Yang, Zhaoqing; Yap, Leslie (Elsevier, 2016)
      Background International studies of the health of Indigenous and tribal peoples provide important public health insights. Reliable data are required for the development of policy and health services. Previous studies ...
    • Is waist circumference a better predictor of blood pressure, insulin resistance and blood lipids than body ... 
      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 ...
    • Socioeconomic status and age at menarche in indigenous and non-indigenous Chilean adolescents Nivel ... 
      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 ...
    • What kind of intervention has the best results to reduce the weight in overweighted or obese adults?. ¿Qué ... 
      Lara, Macarena; Amigo, Hugo (2011)
      Evidence has shown that interventions which involve changes in a person's lifestyle, such as diet and physical activity, lead to weight loss and thus reduce the risk factors of cardiovascular disease. However, the effectiveness ...