Browsing by Author "Albala Brevis, Cecilia"
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(Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2019)Objective: To determine the prevalence and to characterize frailty in elderly subjects in four urban provincial capitals and two rural communes from Maule Region in Chile. Design: Cross-sectional study. Participants: 1205 ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2003)La obesidad puede ser considerada como un estado de IR, ya que la mayoría de los obesos la presentan. La IR del obeso ha sido considerada el vinculo que conduce a traves del tiempo a la diabetes tipo 2, en individuos ...
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(2007)Background: Functional limitations limit the independence and jeopardize the quality of life of elderly subjects. Aim: To assess the association between anthropometric measures and body composition with functional limitations ...
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(1999)In case-control studies, spurious associations between Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) alleles and Type 1 diabetes could arise as a result of population stratification, if there are ethnic differences between cases and ...
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(2001)The human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system plays a crucial role in the autoimmune process leading to childhood diabetes. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between type 1 diabetes and the polymorphism ...
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(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, ...
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(Springer London, 2017)© 2017, International Osteoporosis Foundation and National Osteoporosis Foundation. Summary: Little is known regarding the relationship between early life factors and bone mineral density (BMD). We found a positive association ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2017-03)RESUMEN Introducción: El deterioro cognitivo progresivo y la demencia se cuentan entre los trastornos más devastadores para la salud y autonomía de los adultos mayores. En la búsqueda de factores de riesgo y problemas ...
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(BioMed Central Ltd., 2011)Background: Older people have a high risk of vitamin B 12deficiency; this can lead to varying degrees of cognitive and neurological impairment. CBL deficiency may present as macrocytic anemia, subacute combined degeneration ...
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(2009)Background: Community acquired pneumonia (CAP) has a high mortality rate among older people. To increase its treatment efficiency, the Chilean Ministry of Health elaborated a clinical management guideline for CAP. Aim: To ...
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(MDPI AG, 2019)The population of older adults is growing globally. This increase has led to an accumulation of chronic illnesses, so-called age-related diseases. Diet and nutrition are considered the main drivers of the global burden of ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2010)La actividad física (AF) es prioritaria para el desarrollo de un envejecimiento saludable (1,2). Las recomendaciones de AF en adultos mayores sugieren incorporar un componente importante de ejercicios de resistencia como ...
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(2005)Background: As a consequence of the epidemiological transition in Chile, the nutritional status of the population has changed notoriously. Aim: To study the changes in the nutritional status of six years-old Chilean children ...
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(Wiley, 2020)Aim The aims of this study were to describe the prevalence of screening-positive depression and to identify the frequency and factors related to self-reported depression diagnosis in people with screen-positive ...
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(John Wiley, 2019)Background: While the genetic contribution to obesity is well established, few studies have examined how genetic variants influence standardized body mass index Z-score (BMIz) in Hispanics/Latinos, especially across ...
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(2005)This review focuses on methodological aspects and main results of different family studies that have been conducted to assess the existence of a genetic contribution in human obesity. A genetic component in the etiology ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2016)El envejecimiento de la población es una situación que plantea desafíos a la salud pública, considerando el tipo de necesidades específicas que esto implica. En cuanto a la esperanza de vida y esperanza de vida saludable, ...
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(Ediciones Doyma, S.L., 2014)Objective: To explore the association between global self-rated health and mortality in older people. Methods: A systematic review was performed. The inclusion criteria were longitudinal studies that assessed self-rated ...
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(2011)Objective: To determine how the homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) is related to metabolic risk in a sample of overweight and obese Chilean youths accounting for Tanner stage. Methods: A cross-sectional ...
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(Asian Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention, 2012)Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide. Although different metabolic factors have been implicated in breast cancer development, the relationship between hypertension and breast cancer has ...
