Browsing by Subject "Obesity"

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    • Association between prepregnancy obesity and metabolic risk in chilean premenopausal women 10 y postpartum 
      Garmendia Miguel, María Luisa; Zamudio Cañas, Carolina; Araya Bannout, Marcela; Kain Berkovic, Juliana (Elsevier, 2017-06)
      Objectives: One of every four pregnant women in Chile is obese. Gestational obesity is associated with maternal metabolic complications in pregnancy (e.g., gestational diabetes, preeclampsia), but to our knowledge, there ...
    • Association between tumor necrosis factor-alpha promoter polymorphisms and type 2 diabetes and obesity in ... 
      Santos M, José Luis; Patiño G, Ana; Angel B, Bárbara; Martínez H, José Alfredo; Pérez B, F.; Villarroel B, A. C.; Sierrasesúmaga A, L.; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Kauffmann, Ronald; Echeverría, Carlos; Montes, E. U.Alejandra; Mercadal, Enrique; Pacheco, Claudio; Garcés, Eduardo; Eg (2006)
      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, ...
    • Association of neck circumference with anthropometric indicators and body composition measured by DXA in ... 
      Arias Téllez, María José; Acosta, Francisco M.; Sánchez Delgado, Guillermo; Martínez Téllez, Borja; Muñoz Hernández, Victoria; Martínez Ávila, Wendy D.; Henriksson, Pontus; Ruiz, Jonatan (MDPI, 2020)
      Background: Due to a clinical and public health interest of neck circumference (NC), a better understanding of this simple anthropometric measurement, as a valid marker of body composition is necessary. Methods: A total ...
    • Associations of six adiposity-related markers with incidence and mortality from 24 cancers—findings from ... 
      Parra Soto, Solange Liliana; Cowley, Emma S.; Rezende, Leandro F. M.; Ferreccio Keadi, Catterina; Mathers, John C.; Pell, Jill P.; Ho, Frederick K.; Celis Morales, Carlos (BMC, 2021)
      Background: Adiposity is a strong risk factor for cancer incidence and mortality. However, most of the evidence available has focused on body mass index (BMI) as a marker of adiposity. There is limited evidence on ...
    • Autophagy and oxidative stress in non-communicable diseases: A matter of the inflammatory state? 
      Peña Oyarzún, Daniel; Bravo Sagua, Roberto; Díaz Vega, Alexis; Aleman, Larissa; Chiong Lay, Mario; García Nannig, Lorena; Bambs, Claudia; Troncoso, Rodrigo; Cifuentes, Mariana; Morselli, Eugenia; Ferreccio, Catterina; Quest, Andrew F. G.; Criollo Céspedes, Alfredo; Lavandero González, Sergio (Elsevier Inc., 2018)
      © 2018 Elsevier Inc. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), also known as chronic diseases, are long-lasting conditions that affect millions of people around the world. Different factors contribute to their genesis and progression; ...
    • B cell contribution to immunometabolic dysfunction and impaired immune responses in obesity 
      Oleinika, Kristine; Slisere, Baiba; Catalán Martina, Diego Francisco; Rosser, Elizabeth C. (Oxford University Press, 2022)
      Obesity increases the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, fatty liver disease, and cancer. It is also linked with more severe complications from infections, including COVID-19, and poor vaccine ...
    • Bariatric surgery decreases carotid intima-media thickness in obese subjects 
      García, Gonzalo; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Mella, Javiera; Quiroga, Erik; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Cavada Chacón, Gabriel; Hirsch Birn, Sandra (Aula Medica Ediciones, 2013-07)
      Background: Obesity has long been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of substantial weight loss induced by bariatric surgery on carotid intima ...
    • Birth weight and obesity risk at first grade in a cohort of Chilean children 
      Loaiza, S.; Coustasse, A.; Urrutia Rojas, X.; Atalah Samur, Eduardo (AULA MEDICA EDICIONES, 2011-02)
      The purpose of the study was to determine the association of birth weight as a risk factor for obesity at first grade in a cohort of elementary school Chilean children. Height and weight at birth and follow up measurements ...
    • Birth weigth, weight gain and obesity among children in Uruguay; a prospective study since birth 
      Pereyra, Isabel; Gómez Ayora, Andrea Ximena; Jaramillo Maureira, Karina Andrea; Ferreira, Augusto (Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo, Brasil, 2021)
      Objective: To examine the effect of birth weight and subsequent weight gain on children being overweight and obese in serial assessments of Uruguayan children living at urban areas. Methods: We used secondary data of ...
    • Blood pressure levels in Urban school-age population in Chile 
      Norero, Colomba; Vargas, Nelson A.; Daniel Mayne, Nelson A.; Monti, Assunta; Kutz, Miguel; Saito, Rolando (1981)
      Two blood pressure (BP) measurements separated by 3 months were performed according to international guidelines on 2976 students (11 to 19 years) of different economic levels. Obesity was defined based upon height and ...
    • BMI Trajectories from Birth to 23 Years by Cardiometabolic Risks in Young Adulthood 
      East, Patricia; Delker, Erin; Blanco, Estela; Lozoff, Betsy; Correa, Paulina; Burrows, Raquel; Gahagan, Sheila (Wiley, 2020)
      Objective The aim of this study was to investigate whether the level, rate, and acceleration of BMI growth differ according to the presence or absence of adult cardiometabolic (CM) risks. Methods BMI was measured in ...
    • Body mass index is negatively associated with telomere length: A collaborative cross-sectional meta-analysis ... 
      Gielen, Marij; Hageman, Geja J.; Antoniou, Evangelia E.; Nordfjall, Katarina; Mangino, Massimo; Balasubramanyam, Muthuswamy; De Meyer, Tim; Hendricks, Audrey E.; Giltay, Erik J.; Hunt, Steven C.; Nettleton, Jennifer A.; Salpea, Klelia D.; Diaz, Vanessa A.; Farzaneh-Fa (Oxford University Press, 2018)
      © 2018 American Society for Nutrition. Background: Even before the onset of age-related diseases, obesity might be a contributing factor to the cumulative burden of oxidative stress and chronic inflammation throughout the ...
    • Body mass index, iron absorption and iron status in childbearing age women 
      Mujica Coopman, María; Brito, Alex; López de Romaña, Daniel; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Olivares Grohnert, Manuel (Elsevier, 2015)
      Background: The prevalence of obesity has increased at an alarming rate worldwide. Some studies have observed an association between iron (Fe) deficiency (ID) and obesity, however more research is needed. Objective: To ...
    • Breastfeeding, complementary feeding, physical activity, screen use, and hours of sleep in children under ... 
      Bustos Arriagada, Edson; Etchegaray Armijo, Karina; Liberona Ortiz, Angelo; Duarte Silva, Lissette (MDPI, 2022)
      Infants and children are a risk group in terms of developing healthy habits, an important aspect if we consider that many of them were born during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our objective was to evaluate compliance with lifestyle ...
    • Breastfeeding, gross motor development and obesity, is there any causal association? 
      Weisstaub Nuta, Sergio; Schonhaut B., Luisa; Salazar Rodríguez, Gabriela (Sociedad Chilena de Pediatría, 2017)
      Childhood obesity is the main nutritional and public health problem in Chile, being the principal causes, the increase in energy dense foods and the decline of physical activity. Interventions to prevent obesity at infancy ...
    • Calcium-sensing receptor activates the NLRP3 inflammasome in LS14 preadipocytes mediated by ERK1/2 signaling 
      D'Espessailles Tapia, Amanda; Mora, Yuly A.; Fuentes, Cecilia; Cifuentes, Mariana (Wiley, 2018)
      The study of the mechanisms that trigger inflammation in adipose tissue is key to understanding and preventing the cardiometabolic consequences of obesity. We have proposed a model where activation of the G protein-coupled ...
    • Calcium-Sensing Receptor in Adipose Tissue: Possible Association with Obesity-Related Elevated Autophagy 
      Mattar, Pamela; Pino Sanhueza, Sofía Carolina; Yuri, Gabriela; Briones, Lautaro; Pérez Leighton, Claudio; Rudich, Assaf; Lavandero González, Sergio; Cifuentes Koster, Mariana (MDPI, 2020)
      Autophagy is upregulated in adipose tissue (AT) from people with obesity. We showed that activation of the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) elevates proinflammatory cytokines through autophagy in preadipocytes. Our aim is ...
    • Cancer of the gallbladder - Chilean statistics 
      Olivares, Luis Villanueva (Cancer Intelligence, 2016)
      © 2017 the authors; licensee ecancermedicalscience. Chile has the world's highest rate of incidence as well as death from cancer of the gallbladder and biliary ducts. The problem is most acute in the southern provinces. ...
    • Circulating concentrations of free triiodothyronine are associated with central adiposity and cardiometabolic ... 
      Merchán Ramírez, Elisa; Sánchez Delgado, Guillermo; Arrizabalaga Arriazu, Cristina; Acosta, Francisco M.; Arias Téllez, María José; Muñoz Torres, Manuel; García Lario, José; Llamas Elvira, Jose M.; Ruiz, Jonatan R. (Springer, 2022)
      Thyroid dysfunction is associated with classic cardiometabolic risk factors in humans. However, this relationship remains unclear in young euthyroid adults. The present work examines the associations of circulating thyroid ...
    • Clasificación de los fenotipos de síndrome de ovario poliquístico de acuerdo a los criterios de ... 
      Echiburú López, Bárbara; Ladrón de Guevara, Amanda; Pereira, Cecilia; Pérez, Constanza; Michael, Pía; Crisosto King, Nicolás; Sir Petermann, Teresa (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2014)
      Background: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is tightly associated with insulin resistance and obesity and characterized by hyperandrogenism, chronic oligo-anovulation and polycystic ovarian morphology when fully expressed. ...