Browsing by Author "Weisstaub Nuta, Sergio"
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González Bravo, María Angélica (Universidad de Chile, 2013)Objetivo: Evaluar la asociación de la resistencia cardiorrespiratoria (RCR) y fuerza muscular (FM) con el riesgo cardiometabólico (RCM), en una muestra de escolares de la región metropolitana. Diseño: Estudio observacional, ...
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Valladares, Macarena; Obregón, Ana María; Weisstaub Nuta, Sergio; Burrows, Raquel; Patiño, Ana; Ho Urriola, Judith; Santos, José Luis (SENPE, 2015)Introducción: La leptina (LEP) se produce principalmente en el tejido adiposo y actúa en el hipotálamo regulando la ingesta energética. Mutaciones en el gen LEP o en su receptor (LEPR) que generen obesidad monogénica son ...
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Arredondo Olguín, Miguel; Weisstaub Nuta, Sergio; Medina, Marcos; Suazo Romo, Miriam; Guzmán, Miguel; Araya, Magdalena (Elsevier, 2014)It is not clear how frequent is copper deficiency in humans. Current copper markers are not sensitive enough to detect early copper deficiency and new markers are needed. CCS is a candidate to become a copper ...
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Rozowski Narkunska, Jaime; Castillo Valenzuela, Oscar; Figari Jullian, Nicole; García Díaz, Diego; Cruchet Muñoz, Sylvia; Weisstaub Nuta, Sergio; Pérez Bravo, Francisco; Gotteland Russel, Martín (Aula Médica Ediciones, 2015)Background: The fact that deficient or even marginal nutritional levels may contribute to increase morbidity and mortality in the surgical patient is well accepted. The usefulness of vitamin and mineral markers has not ...
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Mora, Rodrigo; Weisstaub Nuta, Sergio (Soc. Medica de Santiago, 2016)
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Ho Urriola, Judith; Guzmán Guzmán, Iris P; Smalley, Susan V.; González, Andrea; Weisstaub Nuta, Sergio; Domínguez Vásquez, Patricia; Valladares, Macarena; Amador, Paola; Hodgson, María Isabel; Obregón, Ana M.; Santos, José Luis (Elsevier, 2014)Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the association between melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) rs17782313 alleles with obesity and eating behavior scores in Chilean children. Methods: A case–control study was ...
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Suazo, José; Smalley, Susan Valerie; Hodgson, María Isabel; Weisstaub Nuta, Sergio; González, Andrea; Santos, José Luis (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2014)Metabolic Syndrome (MS) is highly prevalent among obese children and adolescents and is considered a predictor for the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease. Obesity is associated with ...
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Suazo, José; Hodgson, María Isabel; Obregón, Ana María; Valladares, Macarena; Weisstaub Nuta, Sergio; Amador, Paola; Santos, José Luis (2013)Metabolic syndrome (MS) related to adult type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease is prevalent among obese children/adolescents. Genetic variants of the leptin-melanocortin system have been associated ...
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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 ...