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    • Bites, Ana Celia; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Barrera, Gladys; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Leiva Balich, Laura; Maza Cave, María Pía de la (Elsevier, 2012-06-15)
      Background: Functional limitations may be a mortality risk among older people. The aim of this work is to determine if body composition and strength are risk factors related to mortality in older Chilean people. Methods: ...
    • Muzzo Benavides, Juan Santiago; Leiva Balich, Laura; Lillo Ganter, Ricardo; Pumarino Carte, Hugo; Ernst, Renata; Burrows, Raquel (1995)
      Bone mineralization of adolescents that suffered of early postnatal u n d ern u tritio n . The bone mineralization o f 6 male and 18 female adolescents with a mean age o f 12 years and 11 months, who had suffered severe, ...
    • Barrera Acevedo, María; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Leiva Balich, Laura; Hirsch Birn, Sandra (Japan Geriatrics Society, 2014)
      Aim: To explore the usefulness of carotid ultrasound examination as a marker of aging and predictor of disability among older people. Methods: Carotid ultrasound, measuring carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) and ...
    • Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Jara, Natalia; Leiva Balich, Laura; Barrera Acevedo, Gladys; Claudio, Silva; Pañella, Loreto; Henríquez, Sandra; Bunout Barnett, Daniel (AULA MEDICA EDICIONES, 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 lipid ...
    • Bravo, María Verónica; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Leiva Balich, Laura; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Barrera, Gladys; Maza, Javier de la; Hirsch Birn, Sandra (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2008-08)
      Background: Antibiotic-associated diarrhea is one of the most common adverse effects of antimicrobials. Any antimicrobial can potentially produce diarrhea but beta-lactamics have a higher risk. Among these, amoxicillin is ...
    • Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Barrera Acevedo, María; Leiva Balich, Laura; Gattas, Vivien; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Haschke, Ferdinand; Steenhout, Philippe; Klassen, Petra; Hager, Corinne; Offord, Elizabeth; Hirsch Birn, Sandra (AMER COLLEGE NUTRITION, 2006-06)
      Objective: To study the effects of a special nutritional supplement on bone mineral density and bone turnover markers in Chilean elderly subjects with femoral osteoporosis. Setting: Public primary health care clinics in ...
    • Jiménez Jaime, Teresa; Leiva Balich, Laura; Barrera Acevedo, Gladys; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Henríquez Parada, Sandra; Rodríguez Silva, Juan; Bunout Barnett, Daniel (Aula Médica Ediciones, 2015)
      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 caloric restriction lowers Resting Energy ...
    • Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Barrera Acevedo, María; Leiva Balich, Laura; Gattas, Vivien; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Avendaño, Marcelo; Hirsch Birn, Sandra (PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2006-08)
      The aim was to assess the effects of resistance training and vitamin D supplementation on physical performance of healthy elderly subjects. Ninety-six subjects, aged 70 years or more with 25 OH vitamin D levels of 16 ng/ml ...
    • Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Leiva Balich, Laura; Barrera Acevedo, María; Boggiano, Carolina; Herrera, Tomás; Pérez, Yanet; Gattas, Vivien; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Hirsch Birn, Sandra (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 ...
    • Pakozdi, Tamara; Leiva Balich, Laura; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Barrera Acevedo, Gladys; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Henríquez, Sandra; Hirsch Birn, Sandra (Aula Médica Ediciones, 2015)
      Aim: to asses Total Energy Expenditure (TEE) in healthy Chilean institutionalized or independently older people Methods: twenty seven young (27-30 years), 27 institutionalized (> 65 years old) and 27 free-living older ...
    • Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Ronco Macchiavello, Ana María; Guerrero Bosagna, Carlos; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Leiva Balich, Laura; Barrera Acevedo, María; Llanos Silva, Miguel; Alliende Rodríguez, María Angélica; Silva, Francisca; Bunout Barnett, Daniel (ELSEVIER, 2008-12)
      Objective: We assessed the impact of high serum folate concentration oil erythrocyte S-adenosylmethionine (SAM), S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH) concentrations, SAM/SAH ratio, CpG methylation levels across the promoter region ...
    • Berger, Juan; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Barrera Acevedo, Gladys; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Henríquez, Sandra; Leiva Balich, Laura; Hirsch Birn, Sandra (Elsevier, 2015)
      Background: Simple and reliable methods to evaluate muscle mass in older people are lacking. Aim: To evaluate ultrasound as a measure of RF muscle mass and quality in healthy subjects of different ages and gender, ...
    • Rodríguez, Juan Manuel; Leiva Balich, Laura; Concha, M. J.; Mizón, C.; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Barrera Acevedo, Gladys; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Jiménez Jaime, Teresa; Henríquez, Sandra; Uribarri, Jaime; Maza Cave, María Pía de la (Aula Médica Ediciones, 2015)
      Dietary intake of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) increases circulating and tissue levels of these substances, contributing to a state of increased oxidative stress and inflammation. A low dietary AGE intervention ...
    • Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Barrera Acevedo, María; Avendaño, Marcelo; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Gattas, Vivien; Leiva Balich, Laura; Hirsch Birn, Sandra (OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 2005-01)
    • Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Bravo, A.; Leiva Balich, Laura; Gattas, Vivien; Barrera Acevedo, María; Petermann, M.; Garrido, F.; Uribarri, Jaime; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Hirsch Birn, Sandra (SERDI EDITION, 2008-03)
    • 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 ...
    • Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Olivares, Daniela; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Sierralta, Walter; Gattas, Vivien; Barrera Acevedo, María; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Leiva Balich, Laura; Fernández, Mireya (CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE, 2006-12)
      Background and aims: Weight maintenance within normal standards is recommended for prevention of conditions associated with oxidative injury. To compare oxidative damage in a post mitotic tissue, between adults differing ...
    • Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Uribarri, Jaime; Olivares, Daniela; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Leiva Balich, Laura; Barrera Acevedo, María Gladys; Bunout Barnett, Daniel (MARY ANN LIEBERT INC, 2008-12)
      Background: Tissue accumulation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) is associated with ageing, both in diabetics and nondiabetic subjects. Aim: The purpose of this study was to assess immunostaining for AGEs, ...