Browsing by Author "201-0451355"
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Burrows, Raquel; Leiva, Laura; Weisstaub Nuta, Sergio; Ceballos, Ximena; Gattas, Vivien; Lera Marques, Lydia; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (2007)Background In Chile between 1986 and 1998, the prevalence of obesity has increased from 4.696 to 24% in prepuberal and from 2.3% to 17% in puberal children. Aim To assess the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in a ...
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Burrows, Raquel; Leiva B., Laura; Weisstaub Nuta, Sergio; Ceballos S., Ximena; Gattas, Vivien; Lera Marques, Lydia; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (2007)Background: In Chile between 1986 and 1998, the prevalence of obesity has increased from 4.6% to 24% in prepuberal and from 2.3% to 17% in puberal children. Aim: To assess the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in a ...
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De Albuquerque Araujo, L.; Icaza Noguera, G.; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (Oxford, 2020)
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Lera Marqués, Lydia; Angel Badillo, Bárbara; Márquez Jara, Carlos; Saguez Mamani, Rodrigo; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (JMIR Publications, 2020)Background: The usual diagnosis of sarcopenia requires a dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) exam, which has low accessibility in primary care for Latin American countries. Objective: The aim of this study is to ...
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Albala Brevis, Cecilia (Elsevier, 2020)El envejecimiento de la población es un fenómeno global. El proceso ha adquirido mayor velocidad en países en desarrollo que la que tuvo en países desarrollados, los que enfrentan el proceso en un contexto de desarrollo ...
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Angel, Bárbara; Lera Marques, Lydia; Márquez, Carlos; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (Nature Publishing Group, 2018-05-25)Introduction: Several polymorphisms have been associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes in different populations. Objective: To investigate the frequencies of a genetic polymorphism of vitamin D receptor (FokI and ...
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Kain Berkovic, Juliana; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Lera Marques, Lydia; Taibo, Marcela; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (NORTH AMER ASSOC STUDY OBESITY, 2005-12)Trends in height and BMI of 6-year-old children during the nutrition transition in Chile. Obes Res. 2005;13:2178 –2186. Objective: We analyzed trends in height and BMI and their interaction in 6-year-old Chilean ...
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Lopez, Mauricio; Fagerstrom, Cristhel; Aranguiz, Julieta; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (Wiley, 2017)
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Quiroga, Pilar; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Klaasen, Gonzalo (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2004-04)Background: The real prevalence of dementia in a given population must be determined through prevalence studies, using validated screening tests. Aim: To validate and determine cutoff points for a cognitive impairment ...
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Le ón, Soraya; Bravo Cavicchioli, Daniel; Giacaman, Rodrigo A.; Correa Beltr án, Gloria; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (Wiley-Blackwell, 2016)Objective: To validate the Spanish version of the OHIP-49 among elderly population. Background: Oral health, as a predictor of quality of life, can be evaluated using validated instruments. One of the most commonly used ...
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Lera Marques, Lydia; Fuentes García, Alejandra; Sánchez Reyes, Hugo; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (Springer, 2013)To validate short-form-36 health survey (SF-36) with specific scoring algorithm obtained in a large sample of Chilean older people and to associate quality of life in this sample with social and health related factors. ...
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García, Diego; Ángel Badillo, Bárbara; Carrasco, Elena; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Santos, José Luis; Pérez Bravo, Francisco (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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Brito, Alex; Verdugo Latorre, Renato; Hertrampf, Eva; Miller, Joshua W.; Green, Ralph; Fedosov, Sergey N.; Shahab Ferdows, Setareh; Sánchez Reyes, Hugo; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Castillo Carrasco, José; Matamala, José Manuel; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Allen, Lindsay H. (American Soc. Nutrition-ASN, 2016)Background: It is uncertain whether vitamin B-12 supplementation can improve neurophysiologic function in asymptomatic elderly with low vitamin B-12 status or whether folate status affects responses to vitamin B-12 ...
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Ángel Badillo, Bárbara; Santos, José Luis; Carrasco Piña, Elena; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Pérez Bravo, Francisco (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 ...