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Prevalencia de fragilidad en personas mayores de Chile: resultados de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud 2016-2017
(SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2020-10)
Background: The assessment of frailty among older people could help to reduce its social and health burden. Aim: To determine and characterize the prevalence of frailty in Chilean older adults. Material and Methods: We ...
Cáncer en Chile y en el mundo: una mirada actual y su futuro escenario epidemiológico
(SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2020-10)
Cancer is a chronic non-communicable disease associated with a high mortality burden. The prevalence of cancer is increasing rapidly worldwide. However, this scenario will be worse in low and middle-income countries such ...
Association between fitness, anthropometric indices and laboratory parameters in elderly women
(SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2020-12)
Background: Aging causes an involution of anthropometric and health indices that can affect physical fitness. Aim: To determine the influence of anthropometric and health indices on the physical fitness of elderly women. ...
Physical capability markers used to define sarcopenia and their association with cardiovascular and respiratory outcomes and all-cause mortality: A prospective study from UK Biobank
(Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2020-08)
Introduction: It is unclear what combinations of physical capability markers used to define sarcopenia have the strongest associations with health outcomes. Aim: To compare the associations between different combinations ...