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    • Bambs, Claudia; Bravo Sagua, Roberto; Margozzini, Paula; Lavandero González, Sergio (Elsevier, 2020)
      Chile has experienced rapid epidemiological transitions characterized by decreasing infant mortality, population aging, and a shift towards obesity with an increase in noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Today, tobacco, ...
    • Arbo, Laura Mendoza de; Céspedes, Laura González; Idoyaga M, Hugo; Echeverría, Patricia; Giménez Caballero, Edgar; Arias, María Nidia; Sánchez Bernal, Susana; Ulke, Gabriela; Benítez Desvars, Alicia; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando (Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud, 2020)
    • Stanojevic, Sanja; Kain Berkovic, Juliana; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo (LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2008-09)
      Objectives: Chile is a unique example of the nutrition transition, with improvements in undernutrition and subsequent rapid increases in obesity occurring at a rate much faster than in other countries. This study aims ...
    • Mariño, Rodrigo; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Sanchez, Hugo; Cea, Ximena; Fuentes, Alejandro (Elsevier, 2013)
      This study aims to examine the self-assessed oral health status and quality of life (QoL) of independent living Chilean older adults, and their distribution by selected socio-demographic characteristics. The study conducted ...
    • Fagerstrom, Cristhel; Lopez, Mauricio; Aranguiz, Julieta; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (Wiley, 2017)
    • Burrows, Raquel; Leiva B., Laura; Burgueño, Medardo; Maggi M., Aída; Giadrosic R., Vinka; Díaz Bustos, Erik; Lera Marques, Lydia; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (2006)
      Backgrounds: There is a high prevalence of obesity and hyperinsulinism among Chilean prepuberal children. Aim: To evaluate insulin sensitivity (IS) using fasting insulin, the Homeostasis Model Assessment (HOMA) and ...
    • Navarro, Elizabeth; Araya, Magdalena (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2015)
      Remission of gastrointestinal and general symptoms after gluten withdrawal has been described in some non-celiac individuals for nearly 30 years. Only recently, efforts have been made to define this entity, now referred ...
    • Doom, Jenalee R.; Rivera, Kenia M.; Blanco, Estela; Burrows Argote, Raquel; Correa Burrows, Paulina; East, Patricia L.; Lozoff, Betsy; Gahagan, Sheila (Cambridge Univ Press, 2020)
      Greater psychosocial risk in childhood and adolescence predicts poorer cardiometabolic outcomes in adulthood. We assessed whether the timing of psychosocial risk from infancy through adolescence predicts cardiometabolic ...
    • Gediel, G.; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Aguirre, C.; López de Romaña, Daniel; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo (Nature, 2016)
      BACKGROUND: Consistent data on the relation between vitamin D, body fat and insulin resistance (IR) in children are lacking. OBJECTIVES: (1) To evaluate the association between serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] and key ...
    • Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Poniachik Teller, Jaime; Avendaño, Maritza; Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Burdiles Pinto, Patricio; Smok Sahid, Gladys; Díaz Jeraldo, Juan; Maza Cave, María Pía de la (ELSEVIER, 2005-02)
      Objective: Folate depletion and hyperhomocysteinemia increase the risk for hepatic alcoholic damage and promote oxidative stress in animals. In addition, some investigators have reported an inverse association between serum ...
    • Castillo Lancellotti, Cecilia; Margozzini, Paula; Valdivia, Gonzalo; Padilla, Oslando; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Rozowski, Jaime; Tur, Josep A. (Cambridge Univ Press, 2015)
      Objective: To analyse the relationship between serum folate (SF), vitamin B12 and impaired cognitive function in the Chilean elderly. Design: We analysed the relationships between impaired cognitive function and age, ...
    • Flannagan, Kerry; Gahagan, Sheila; Das, Arun; Burrows Argote, Raquel; Lozoff, Betsy; Villamor, Eduardo (Wiley, 2020)
      Background Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) have been related to the development of adiposity. N-3 PUFA appears to be protective against obesity risk, while n-6 PUFA may be associated with greater adiposity. However, ...
    • Lacassie, Yves; Johnson, Britt; Lay-Son, Guillermo; Quintana, Rita; King, Andrew; Cortés, Fanny; Álvarez, Cecilia; Gómez, Ricardo; Vargas, Alfonso; Chalew, Stuart; King, Alejandra; Guardia, Sylvia; Sorensen, Ricardo U.; Aradhya, Swaroop (Wiley, 2020)
      Autosomal recessive SOPH syndrome was first described in the Yakuts population of Asia by Maksimova et al. in 2010. It arises from biallelic pathogenic variants in the NBAS gene and is characterized by severe postnatal ...
    • Méndez, Marco; Araya, Magdalena; Ordóñez Pizarro, Fernando; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; González Canales, Mauricio (US DEPT HEALTH HUMAN SCIENCES PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCE, NATL INST HEALTH, NATL INST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES, 2004-12)
      Previous studies indicated that sex might influence the response to copper exposure. Cenaloplasmin (Cp) is an indicator of Cu status, but it is not clear whether and how it reflects changes of Cu status among healthy ...
    • Sandoval Vargas, Diego Esteban; Concha Rubio, Nataly D.; Navarrete Wallace, Paola Alejandra; Castro, Matías; Medina, Daniel A. (MDPI, 2021)
      Obesity is a health problem of global concern that negatively impacts quality of life. Various studies have implicated obesity in the disruption of the normal microbiome composition. The virome consists of a collection ...
    • Andrews, Mónica; Leiva, Elba; Arredondo Olguin, Miguel Armando (Elsevier GMBH, 2016)
      Objective: We evaluated the relationship between the HO1 genotype, ferritin levels and the risk of type-2 diabetes and inflammation. Research methods: Eight hundred thirty-five individuals were evaluated and classified ...
    • Valenzuela, Carina; Castillo, Valeska; Ronco Macchiavello, Ana María; Aguirre, Carolina; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Llanos Silva, Miguel (2014)
      The endocannabinoid system (SEC) is an important modulator of several metabolic functions. This system is composed by cannabinoid receptors type 1 and 2 (RCB1 and RCB2), their endogenous ligands, known as endocannabinoids, and ...
    • Vio del Río, Fernando Tomás (Soc. Médica Santiago, 2021)
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...