Browsing by Subject "Young adults"

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    • Changes in symptoms of asthma and rhinitis by sensitization status over ten years in a cohort of young ... 
      García Larsen, Vanessa; Potts, James F.; Del Giacco, Stefano; Bustos Muñoz, Patricia De Las Mercedes; Díaz, Patricia V.; Amigo Cartagena, Hugo; Oyarzún Gomez, Manuel Jesús; Rona, Roberto J. (Biomed Central Ltd., 2016)
      Background: We investigated the net changes in prevalence of symptoms of asthma and rhinitis over 10 years in a cohort of young by baseline sensitization status. Methods: One thousand one hundred ninety three Chilean ...
    • Metabolic syndrome in young adults from two socioeconomic Latin American settings 
      Bustos, Patricia; da Silva, Antonio Augusto M.; Amigo, Hugo; Bettiol, Heloisa; Barbieri, Marco A. (2007)
      Background and aim: Since little information on the metabolic syndrome (MS) is available in Latin America, the aim of this study was to explore whether and to what extent differing socioeconomic conditions influence the ...
    • Respiratory consequences of light and moderate smoking in young adults in Chile 
      Amigo, Hugo; Oyarzun, M. G.; Bustos, P.; Rona, R. J. (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. ...
    • Ventilatory Function in Young Adults and Dietary Antioxidant Intake 
      García Larsen, Vanessa; Amigo Cartagena, Hugo; Bustos Muñoz, Patricia; Bakolis, Ioannis; Rona, Roberto J. (MDPI AG, 2015)
      Dietary antioxidants may protect against poor ventilatory function. We assessed the relation between ventilatory function and antioxidant components of diet in young Chileans. Forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1), forced ...