Browsing by Author "Hirsch Birn, Sandra"
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(Grupo Aula Médica, 2015)Background/Aims: To measure skeletal muscle lipid infiltration, its association with insulin resistance (IR) lean mass and function, in Chilean men differing in age and body composition. Our hypothesis was that muscle ...
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(2012)Introduction: Advanced glycation end products are produced endogenously, in association with hyperglycemia and oxidative stress. They can also be generated during cooking or food processing and, once absorbed, alter ...
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(Grupo Aula Medica S.A., 2015)© 2015, Grupo Aula Medica S.A. All rights reserved. Energy expenditure (EE) may decrease in subjects on hypocaloric diets, in amounts that exceed body mass loss, favoring weight regain. Objective: to verify if a short-term ...
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(The British Dietetic Association, 2015)Background: Lack of weight gain throughout adult life could mimic the beneficial effects of energy restriction in humans. The present study aimed to assess the effects of weight stability or gain, over a period of 10 ...
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(SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2008-11)Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) has had a positive impact on co-morbidities associated with obesity. However, in the long-term it can induce micronutrient deficiencies. Aim: To perform a complete nutritional assessment ...
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(2007)Introduction: Advanced glycoxidation end-products (AGEs) are involved in age-related conditions and diabetic complications. Diet intake contributes to their circulating concentrations. Aim: To measure serum and urinary ...
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(ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2015)Folic acid (FA) consumption at high levels has been associated with colon cancer risk. Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain this association. The Notch signal pathway has been implicated in the regulation of ...
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(Sociedad Chilena de Pediatría, 2017)El aporte de folatos durante el embarazo es esencial para un desarrollo fetal y placentario adecuados y para la salud del individuo a largo plazo. Su deficiencia puede inducir alteraciones y patologías fetales como bajo ...
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(Public Library of Science, 2015)In the placenta, 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 (11β-HSD2) limits fetal glucocorticoid exposure and its inhibition has been associated to low birth weight. Its expression, encoded by the HSD11B2 gene is regulated ...
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Glucose turnover rate and peripheral insulin sensitivity in alcoholic patients without liver damage (1989)Glucose intolerance is frequently found in alcoholic patients and an impaired insulin response has been documented in them. To look for alternative mechanisms that could explain this intolerance, a glucose turnover using ...
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Major histocompatibility system as a risk factor for alcoholic liver disease El sistema mayor de ... (1995)Several associations between alleles of the major histocompatibility system and alcoholic liver disease have been described. However, these are weak and change from one population to another. The aim of this work was to ...
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(Arán Ediciones, 2018)Background: the prognostic value of maximal inspiratory and expiratory pressures on functional capacity and mortality of hospitalized patients are not well established. Aim: to evaluate the prognostic value of respiratory ...
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(1992)A hand dynamometer was used to measure muscle strength in 207 patients admitted to the Gastroenterology service of a general hospital. Validation of international standards in a normal population of both sexes and different ...
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(1988)This study analyzes whether increased body weight is related to histological liver damage in chronic alcoholic patients. Data from 152 recently abstinent alcoholics without evidences of liver failure were analyzed. Liver ...
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(1995)AIM: To assess prospectively the effects of a controlled program of inspiratory muscle training program and nutritional support in patients with chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Twenty-three ...
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(Wiley, 2010)Human adipocyte precursor cells (APC) have been characterized in their proliferation and differentiation potential from subcutaneous, omental, and mesenteric depots, mostly from morbidly obese patients. Cells from the ...
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(Grupo Aula Medica S.A., 2015)© 2015, Grupo Aula Medica S.A. All rights reserved. Dietary intake of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) increases circulating and tissue levels of these substances, contributing to a state of increased oxidative stress ...
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(Elsevier Inc., 2019)© 2018 Elsevier Inc.Objectives: International cutoff points for the diagnosis of sarcopenia are not applicable to the Chilean population due to previous evidence of a lower lean mass and strength in this population. ...
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(1998)Background: Hyperbomocysteinemia is a newly recognized cardiovascular risk factor that is present in 10 to 20% of European and North American individuals. Aim: To measure homocysteine levels in healthy adults in Chile. ...
