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Evolution of nutritional status in a cohort of school age children Evolución del estado nutricional en una cohorte de escolares chilenos: ¿Un cambio real o ficticio?
(2009)
Background: Considering the high prevalence of obesity among children attending elementary schools, it is important to know the evolution of body weight when these children reach adolescent. Aim: To analyze the changes in ...
Revisiting the relationship between longevity and lifetime education: global evidence from 919 surveys
(Springer New York LLC, 2019)
© 2018, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. The contrasting results from previous research motivate this reexamination of the longevity-schooling relationship. The study uses a different identification ...
Early discoid lupus erythematosus protects against renal disease in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: Longitudinal data from a large Latin American cohort
(SAGE Publications Ltd, 2017)
© SAGE Publications. Objectives The objective of this study was to examine whether early discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) would be a protective factor for further lupus nephritis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus ...
Validation and adaptation of the Charlson Comorbidity Index using administrative data from the Colombian health system: retrospective cohort study
(BMJ Open, 2022)
Objective To validate the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) for the Colombian population using administrative databases from the health insurance system. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting Database reports of ...
SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study
(British Journal of Surgery, 2021)
Background: Preoperative SARS-CoV-2 vaccination could support safer elective surgery. Vaccine numbers are limited so this study
aimed to inform their prioritization by modelling.
Methods: The primary outcome was the number ...
Literacy and education in Chile : 1940-1970 cohorts
(Universidad de Chile, 2017-01)
The evolution of human capital has always been a complex matter of study since it lacks of an absolute definition and also because of the limited data available, more so in developing countries. Nevertheless, literacy is ...
Urbanization, mainly rurality, but not altitude is associated with dyslipidemia profiles
(Elsevier, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Geographical and environmental features such as urbanization and altitude may influence individual's lipid profiles because of the diversity of human-environment interactions including lifestyles. OBJECTIVE: ...
Impact of common cardio metabolic risk factors on fatal and non fatal cardiovascular disease in Latin America and the Caribbean: an individual level pooled analysis of 31 cohort studies
(Elsevier Ltd, 2021)
Background: estimates of the burden of cardio-metabolic risk factors in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) rely on relative risks (RRs) from non-LAC countries. Whether these RRs apply to LAC remains unknown. Methods: ...