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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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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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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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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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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; 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 ...
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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 ...