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Obesity and its Relation With Diabetes and Hypertension: A Cross-Sectional Study Across 4 Geographical Regions
(Elsevier, 2016)
BACKGROUND: The implications of rising obesity for cardiovascular health in middle-income countries has generated interest, in part because associations between obesity and cardiovascular health seem to vary across ethnic ...
Hypertension Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control in Selected LMIC Communities: Results From the NHLBI/UHG Network of Centers of Excellence for Chronic Diseases
(Elsevier, 2016)
BACKGROUND: Hypertension is the leading cause of cardiovascular disease and premature death worldwide. The prevalence of this public health problem is increasing in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in both urban ...
A Multiethnic Study of Pre-Diabetes and Diabetes in LMIC
(Elsevier, 2016)
BACKGROUND: Diabetes mellitus is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Approximately three-quarters of people with diabetes live in low- and middle-income countries, and these countries are projected ...
Molecular epidemiology: The impact of molecular biology in epidemiology research
(Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2000)
Waist circumference percentiles in children and adolescents between 6 and 14 years from Santiago, Chile
(2012)
Objective: To describe the percentile distribution of waist circumference (WC) by sex and age in a representative sample of children and adolescents of lower-middle and low socioeconomic status in Santiago, Chile. Methods: ...
Epidemiology of migraine headache in Santiago, Chile: A prevalence study
(1997)
Objective. To describe the importance of migraine in Santiago, Chile, by analyzing its prevalence, clinical features and impact by age, gender and socioeconomic status. Methods. In 1993, a representative sample of 1,540 ...
Epidemiology of gastric cancer in Chile: II - nitrate exposures and stomach cancer frequency
(1981)
Armijo R [Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA], Gonzalez A, Orellana M, Coulson AH, Sayre JW and Detels R. The epidemiology of gastric cancer in Chile: ...