Browsing by Author "Amigo, Hugo"
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(2012)Background: The age at menarche may influence decisively health and disease in women. It also indicates the beginning of the reproductive period and, as a consequence, the possibility of biological continuity for the human ...
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(Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2016)© 2016, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved. Background: Metabolic syndrome is highly prevalent among adults in Chile and represents a health risk. Aim: To determine the relationship between metabolic syndrome ...
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(Cambridge University Press, 2018)Copyright © The Authors 2018. Objective To verify the association between changes in socio-economic level (SEL) and nutritional status of Chilean adults over a 10-year period.Design Concurrent cohort study.Setting/Subjects ...
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(Oxford University Press, 2014)The Limache cohort was set up to assess the programming and life course events hypotheses in relation to cardiovascular risk factors and chronic respiratory conditions, especially asthma, in the context of an unprecedented ...
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Do psychological distress and somatization contribute to misattribution of asthma? A Chilean study (2007)Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the association between asthma and distress by whether symptoms of asthma present alone or are accompanied by atopy or bronchial reactivity to methacholine [bronchial ...
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(Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2014)Background: Metabolic syndrome is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Its frequency is increasing steadily Aim: To evaluate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) and its components in a 10-year tracking ...
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(Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2014)© 2014, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved. The welfare of research participants must be guaranteed by international ethical standards. This article communicates the procedures of the Research Ethics Committee ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, 2015)Objective. To estimate the association between the intake of sugar-sweetened non-alcoholic beverages and body mass index (BMI) in Chilean school children. Materials and methods. Food consumption frequency data were analyzed ...
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(2008)Background: Anthropometry is used to survey health and nutritional situation of the population. Therefore the quality of the information that is being used must be evaluated. Aim: To estimate the agreement in weight, height ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2015)Antecedentes: Chile se encuentra en un período post transicional, luego de haber reducido significativamente la desnutrición infantil. En la actualidad, la población infantil presenta una mejor sobrevida, pero está ...
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(2006)OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between smoking and respiratory symptoms, lung function and bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) in young adults in Chile. SETTING: Selected sample of 1232 subjects aged 22-28 years. ...
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(2002)BACKGROUND: Anthropometrical measurements at birth are the result of the conditions during pregnancy, being an issue of current interest due to the reported relationship of birth weight with non communicable chronic diseases ...
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(BioMed Central, 2014)Background: The association between impaired lung function and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors has been shown in adults. However, there is little evidence of such an association in young adults, particularly ...
