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    • Correa Burrows, Paulina; Blanco, Estela; Gahagan, Sheila; Burrows Argote, Raquel (Nature, 2020)
      Insulin measurements are not advised for cardiometabolic risk screening in large groups. Here we assessed the accuracy of the single-point insulin sensitivity estimator (SPISE) to diagnose cardiometabolic risk in Chilean ...
    • Godard M., Claude; Rodríguez N., María del Pilar; Díaz, Nora; Lera Marques, Lydia; Salazar Rodríguez, Gabriela; Burrows, Raquel (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2008-09)
      Background: An appropriate measurement of physical activity (PA) in children is useful, since inactivity is associated to obesity, cardiovascular and metabolic risk. Aim: To assess the reliability of the INTA questionnaire ...
    • Parra Flores, Julio; Juneja, Vijay; Garcia de Fernando, Gonzalo; Aguirre, Juan (Frontiers Media S.A., 2016)
      Cronobacter spp. have been responsible for severe infections in infants associated with consumption of powdered infant formula and follow-up formulae. Despite several risk assessments described in published studies, few ...
    • Henríquez, Sandra; Jara, Natalia; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Leiva, Laura; Barrera Acevedo, María Gladys (2013)
      Objetivo: Evaluar la variabilidad individual de los índices HOMA y QUICKI para resistencia a insulina, utilizando tres muestras de sangre en ayunas obtenidas en un período de 30 minutos. Material y métodos: Se utilizaron ...
    • Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Barrera Acevedo, María; Leiva Balich, Laura; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Bunout Barnett, Daniel (Universidad de Chile, 2013)
      Objetivo: Evaluar la variabilidad inter e intra individual de la respuesta glicémica frente a la ingestión de un alimento estándar en sujetos sanos. Material y métodos: Se midió en 6 oportunidades la respuesta glicémica ...
    • 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 ...
    • Fuenzalida, Loreto; Hernández, Cristina; Toro, Jessica; Rioseco, M. Luisa; Romero Ormazábal, Jaime; Espejo Torres, Romilio (BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, 2006-04)
      Large epidemics of diarrhoea associated with seafood consumption and Vibrio parahaemolyticus occurred during the austral summers of 2004 and 2005 in the environs of Puerto Montt, Chile (41 degrees 29'S 72 degrees 24'W). ...
    • González Escalona, N.; Moreno, C. X.; Romero Ormazábal, Jaime; Espejo Torres, Romilio (2010)
      Vibrio parahaemolyticus species type strain ATCC 18702T contains two 16S rRNA gene (rrs) types in the 11 ribosomal operons. The differences between these two rrs types are concentrated in a variable stem loop and can be ...
    • Fuenzalida, Loreto; Armijo, Lorena; Zabala, Beatriz; Hernández, Cristina; Rioseco, M. Luisa; Riquelme, Carlos; Espejo Torres, Romilio (ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2007-07)
      Nine hundred cases of seafood related diarrhea were reported in the region of Puerto Montt, Chile during the austral summer of 2006. This is the continuation of the large outbreaks associated with the consumption of seafood ...
    • Parra Flores, Julio; Holy, Ondrej; Bustamante, Fernanda; Lepuschitz, Sarah; Pietzka, Ariane; Contreras Fernández, Alejandra; Castillo, Claudia; Ovalle, Catalina; Alarcón Lavín, María Paula; Cruz Córdova, Ariadnna; Xicohtencatl Cortes, Juan; Mancilla Rojano, Jetsi; Troncoso, Miriam; Figueroa Rebolledo, Guillermo Ivan; Ruppitsch, Werner (Frontiers Media, 2022)
      Listeria monocytogenes is causing listeriosis, a rare but severe foodborne infection. Listeriosis affects pregnant women, newborns, older adults, and immunocompromised individuals. Ready-to-eat (RTE) foods are the most ...
    • González Escalona, Narjol; Toro Ibaceta, Magaly; Rump, Lydia; Cao, Guojie; Nagaraja, T. G.; Meng, Jianghong (American Society for Microbiology, 2016)
      Escherichia coli O26 is the second most important enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) serogroup worldwide. Serogroup O26 strains are categorized mainly into two groups:enteropathogenic (EPEC) O26, carrying a locus of enterocyte ...
    • Birch, Eileen E.; Garfield, Sharon; Castañeda, Yolanda; Hughbanks Wheaton, Dianna; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Hoffman, Dennis (2007)
      Background: While there is a large body of data on the effects of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation of infant formula on visual and cognitive maturation during infancy, longterm visual and cognitive ...
    • Brito, Álex; Fedosov, Sergey N.; Miller, Joshua W.; Green, Ralph; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Allen, Lindsay H. (Amer Soc Nutrition-ASN, 2016)
    • 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 ...
    • Mujica Coopman, María; Farías, Dayana; Brito, Alex; Allen, Lindsay; Kac, Gilberto; Lamers, Yvonne (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 2015)
    • Cediel, Gustavo; Pacheco Acosta, Johanna; Castillo Durán, Carlos (Sociedad Argentina de Pediatría, 2018)
      Vitamin D research suggests it has a role in disorders other than bone metabolism. Objective: To update the information on vitamin D deficiency (VDD) in pediatric clinical disorders. Methods: Search in virtual ...
    • 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 ...
    • Pérez Bravo, Francisco; Duarte Silva, Lissette Constanza; Arredondo Olguín, Miguel; Iñíguez Vila, Germán; Castillo Valenzuela, Óscar (Springernature, 2021)
      Background Vitamin D [25(OH)D] is essential for normal bone development and maintenance. Furthermore, its deficiency has been associated with obesity, cardiovascular diseases, insulin resistance, autoimmune diseases, and ...
    • Álvarez Marín, María de la Luz (Universidad de Chile, 1995)
      Se estudia a familias jóvenes pobres para detectar cual es el grupo más vulnerable respecto a la vivienda. La muestra estuvo formada por 100 familias jóvenes de Peñalolén. Cincuenta de nivel socio económico (NSE) muy bajo ...
    • Herrera, Juan Carlos; Lira, Mariana; Kain Berkovic, Juliana (Sociedad Chilena de Pediatría, 2017)
      Introducción: Estudios que han mostrado asociación entre obesidad y nivel socioeconómico no son concluyentes. Objetivos: Determinar el riesgo de estudiantes chilenos de primero básico de presentar obesidad según ...