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Diabetes Mellitus in Peru
(Levy Library Press, 2015)
BACKGROUND: Peru is an upper medium-income developing country with an increasing prevalence of chronic diseases, including diabetes. OBJECTIVE: To review and describe the epidemiology, drivers, and diabetes care plan in ...
The Relationship Between Socioeconomic Status and CV Risk Factors: The CRONICAS Cohort Study of Peruvian Adults
(Elsevier, 2016)
BACKGROUND: Variations in the distribution of cardiovascular disease and risk factors by socioeconomic status (SES) have been described in affluent societies, yet a better understanding of these patterns is needed for ...
Burden of chronic kidney disease in resource-limited settings from Peru: a population-based study
(BioMed Central, 2015)
BACKGROUND: The silent progression of chronic kidney diseases (CKD) and its association with other chronic diseases, and high treatment costs make it a great public health concern worldwide. The population burden of CKD ...
The globalization of epidemiology: critical thoughts from Latin America
(2004)
Background Epidemiology in Latin America, as in the rest of the world, has been developed for the purpose of contributing towards understanding the causes and determinants
of the phenomena of health and disease in specific ...
Considerações acerca dos fundamentos teóricos da explicação em epidemiologíaConsiderations concerning the theoretical foundations of explanation in epidemiology
(Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo, 1985)
Epidemiology and Genetic Characterization of Noroviruses among Adults in an Endemic Setting, Peruvian Amazon Basin, 2004-2011
(Public Library of Science, 2015)
BACKGROUND: Successful vaccination strategies against norovirus will require understanding the burden of disease and relevant genotypes in populations. However, few data are available from cohort studies of adults living ...
Directed acyclic graphs in statistical modelling of epidemiological studies Aplicación de grafos acíclicos dirigidos en la evaluación de un set mínimo de ajuste de confusores: Un complemento al modelamiento estadístico en estudios epidemiológicos observac
(Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2018)
© 2018, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved. Background: Confusion in observational epidemiological studies distorts the relationship between exposure and event. “Step by step” regression models, diverts the ...
Associations between mental disorders and subsequent onset of hypertension
(Elsevier, 2014)
BACKGROUND: Previous work has suggested significant associations between various psychological symptoms (e.g., depression, anxiety, anger, alcohol abuse) and hypertension. However, the presence and extent of associations ...
Global Shifts in Cardiovascular Disease, the Epidemiologic Transition, and Other Contributing Factors: Toward a New Practice of Global Health Cardiology
(Elsevier, 2017)
One of the major drivers of change in the practice of cardiology is population change. This article discusses the current debate about epidemiologic transition paired with other ongoing transitions with direct relevance ...
Molecular Epidemiology of Avian Malaria in Wild Breeding Colonies of Humboldt and Magellanic Penguins in South America
(Springer, 2015)
Avian malaria is a disease caused by species of the genera Haemoproteus, Leucocytozoon, and Plasmodium. It affects hundreds of bird species, causing varied clinical signs depending on the susceptibility of the host species. ...