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    • Gómez Ojeda, Armando; Jaramillo Ortiz, Sarahi; Wrobel, Katarzyna; Wrobel, Kazimierz; Barbosa Sabanero, Gloria; Luevano Contreras, Claudia; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Uribarri, Jaime; Castillo, María Dolores del; Garay Sevilla, María Eugenia (Elsevier, 2018)
      N-epsilon-carboxymethyl-lysine (CML) is measured in food, but there is a controversy concerning the most convenient yet reliable method(s) for this task. This work compares three different ELISA assays and HPLC-ESI-ITMS/MS ...
    • Contreras, Natalia (2018-06)
      La Nutrición Clínica (NC), ha experimentado un gran auge en los últimos años, principalmente debido a la alta prevalencia de malnutrición en pacientes hospitalizados, que se describe cercana a un 50%. Esto ha llevado al ...
    • Binder, Alexandra M.; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Mericq, Verónica; Pereira Scalabrino, Ana; Santos, José Luis; Horvath, Steve; Shepherd, John; Michels, Karin B. (Taylor & Francis, 2018)
      Epigenetic age is an indicator of biological aging, capturing the impact of environmental and behavioral influences across time on cellular function. Deviance between epigenetic age and chronological age (AgeAccel) is a ...
    • East, Patricia; Delker, Erin; Lozoff, Betsy; Delva, Jorge; Castillo, Marcela; Gahagan, Sheila (Wiley, 2018)
      This study examined whether iron deficiency (ID) in infancy contributes to problem behaviors in adolescence through its influence on poor regulatory abilities in childhood. Chilean infants (N=1,116) were studied whenthere ...
    • Lera Marques, Lydia; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Leyton Dinamarca, Bárbara; Márquez Jara, Carlos; Angel Badillo, Bárbara Karen; Saguez, Rodrigo; Sánchez, Hugo (Dove Medical Press, 2018)
      Aim: This study was aimed to set reference values of hand-grip strength by age and sex and validate cut points for risk of functional limitation and mortality in older Chileans. Methods: This was a pooled analysis of ...
    • Salinas Cubillos, Judith (Sociedad Chilena de Nutrición, 2018)
      The objective of this article is to present the Health Promotion Cube, a pedagogical resource that facilitates a strategic vision, by integrating approaches for the formulation and analysis of health promotion and ...
    • Vio del Río, Fernando Tomás (Sociedad Chilena de Nutrición, 2018)
    • Valenzuela, Leonila (Universidad de Chile, 2018-05)
      Introducción: La obesidad infantil en Chile presenta una prevalencia alta y creciente desde los primeros años de vida. La exposición a diabetes durante el embarazo aumenta el riesgo de obesidad en la infancia y en el adulto, ...
    • Arpone, Marta; Baker, Emma K.; Bretherton, Lesley; Bui, Minh; Li, Xin; Whitaker, Simon; Dissanayake, Cheryl; Cohen, Jonathan; Hickerton, Chriselle; Rogers, Carolyn; Field, Mike; Elliott, Justine; Aliaga, Solange M.; Ling, Ling; Francis, David; Hearps, Stephen J. C.; Hunter, Matthew F.; Amor, David J.; Godler, David E. (Nature Publishing Group, 2018)
      Increased intragenic DNA methylation of the Fragile X Related Epigenetic Element 2 (FREE2) in blood has been correlated with lower intellectual functioning in females with fragile X syndrome (FXS). This study explored these ...
    • Ángel Badillo, Bárbara (Springer, 2017)
      The human DNA is exposed to a number of changes, these changes are frequently carried out in one or few nucleotides called mutations, which can be caused by errors in the mechanisms of DNA replication and repair as well ...
    • Romero Ormazábal, Jaime; Ilabaca, Carolina; Ruiz, Mauricio; Jara Campos, Carla (Frontiers media SA, 2018)
      The presence and load of species of LAB at the end of the malolactic fermentation (MLF) were investigated in 16 wineries from the different Chilean valleys (Limari, Casablanca, Maipo, Rapel, and Maule Valleys) during 2012 ...
    • Bernal Sore, Izela; Navarro Márquez, Mario F.; Osorio Fuentealba, César; Díaz Castro, Francisco; Campo, Andrea del; Donoso Barraza, Camila; Porras Espinoza, Omar; Lavandero González, Sergio; Troncoso Cotal, Rodrigo (Elsevier, 2018)
      Mifepristone is the only FDA-approved drug for glycaemia control in patients with Cushing's syndrome and type 2 diabetes. Mifepristone also has beneficial effects in animal models of diabetes and patients with antipsychotic ...
    • Plaza, Nicolás; Castillo, Daniel; Pérez Reytor, Diliana; Higuera Guajardo, Gastón; García, Katherine; Bastias, Roberto (Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, 2018)
      Vibrios are common inhabitants of marine and estuarine environments. Some of them can be pathogenic to humans and/or marine animals using a broad repertory of virulence factors. Lately, several reports have indicated that ...
    • Jaramillo, Angela; Molina Carrasco, Paulina; Briones, Lautaro; Flores, Sebastián; Olivares, Manuel; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando (Springer, 2018)
      Pectins are a type of soluble fiber present in natural and processed foods. Evidence regarding the effect of esterification degree of pectins on iron absorption in humans is scarce. In the present study, the effect of ...
    • Aravena, Jose M.; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Gitlin, Laura N. (Wiley, 2018)
      ObjectiveFew instruments evaluate family caregiver perceptions of challenges caring for persons with dementia and improvement or worsening in these areas. To address this measurement gap, we examine psychometric properties ...
    • Mandakovic Seyler, Dinka; Rojas, Claudia; Maldonado, Jonathan; Latorre Mora, Mauricio; Travisany, Dante; Delage, Erwan; Bihouee, Audrey; Jean, Geraldine; Díaz, Francisca; Fernández Gómez, Beatriz; Cabrera, Pablo; Gaete, Alexis; Latorre, Claudio; Gutiérrez, Rodrigo A.; Maass Sepúlveda, Alejandro; Cambiazo Ayala, Liliana; Navarrete, Sergio A.; Eveillard, Damien; González Canales, Mauricio (Nature Publishing Group, 2018)
      Understanding the factors that modulate bacterial community assembly in natural soils is a longstanding challenge in microbial community ecology. In this work, we compared two microbial co-occurrence networks representing ...
    • Kong, Qingxia; Mondschein, Susana; Pereira, Ana (Revista de Saude Pública, 2018)
      Chile has lower breast cancer incidence rates compared to those in developed countries. Our public health system aims to perform 10 biennial screening mammograms in the age group of 50 to 69 years by 2020. Using a dynamic ...
    • Moreno, Ximena; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Lera Marques, Lydia; Leyton Dinamarca, Bárbara; Angel Badillo, Bárbara Karen; Sánchez, Hugo (Public Library Science, 2018)
      Background This study was aimed to estimate life expectancy (LE), disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) and disabled life expectancy (DLE) among older adults from Santiago, Chile, and to determine the existence of ...
    • Binder, Alexandra M.; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Calafat, Antonia M.; Ye, Xiaoyun; Mericq, Verónica; Pereira Scalabrino, Ana; Michels, Karin B. (BIOMED Central Ltd., 2018)
      Background: The age of menarche has been associated with metabolic and cardiovascular disease, as well as cancer risk. The decline in menarcheal age over the past century may be partially attributable to increased exposure ...
    • 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 ...