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Frailty and health risks in an agricultural population, Chile 2014–2017
(Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2019)
Rural-to-urban migration and risk of hypertension: longitudinal results of the PERU MIGRANT study
(Springer, 2016)
Urbanization can be detrimental to health in populations due to changes in dietary and physical activity patterns. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of migration on the incidence of hypertension. Participants ...
Hydatidosis prevalence and risk factors in Peru's Ninacac-pasco district population 2001Prevalencia y factores de riesgo de hidatidosis en población general del distrito de Ninacaca-Pasco, Perú 2001
(Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Medicina Humana, 2003)
Sex differences in risk factors for cardiovascular disease: The PERU MIGRANT study
(Public Library of Science, 2012)
Introduction: Although men and women have similar risk factors for cardiovascular disease, many social behaviors in developing countries differ by sex. Rural-to-urban migrants have different cardiovascular risk profiles ...
Evaluating Urban Taeniasis as a Threat to Cysticercosis Elimination in Northern Peru
(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2019)
Reintroduction of Taenia solium into a region in Peru where it had been eliminated prompted evaluation of the possibility of reintroduction from an urban reservoir of taeniasis. In a cross-sectional study of an adjacent ...
Distribution of Short-Term and Lifetime Predicted Risks of Cardiovascular Diseases in Peruvian Adults
(Wiley, 2015)
BACKGROUND: Short-term risk assessment tools for prediction of cardiovascular disease events are widely recommended in clinical practice and are used largely for single time-point estimations; however, persons with low ...
Geographical variation in the progression of type 2 diabetes in Peru: The CRONICAS Cohort Study
(Elsevier, 2016)
BACKGROUND: The study aims were to estimate the incidence and risk factors for T2D in four settings with different degree of urbanization and altitude in Peru. METHODS: Prospective cohort study conducted in urban, semi-urban, ...
Reporting the current tobacco smoking situation in the rural population of Quingeo, Ecuador [Reporte de la situación actual del tabaquismo en la población rural de Quingeo, Ecuador]
(SOCIEDAD LATINOAMERICANA DE HIPERTENSION, 2017-01-01)
Introduction: Tobacco use has expanded worldwide and is a major modifiable risk factor for chronic noncommunicable diseases. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine the epidemiological behavior of smoking ...
Homicide in Chile: Trends 2000 - 2012
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2015)
Impact of urbanisation and altitude on the incidence of, and risk factors for, hypertension
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Most of the data regarding the burden of hypertension in low-income and middle-income countries comes from cross-sectional surveys instead of longitudinal studies. We estimated the incidence of, and risk factors ...