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Understanding How Much TV is Too Much: A Nonlinear Analysis of the Association Between Television Viewing Time and Adverse Health Outcomes
(Chile. Universidad Mayor, 2020)
Objective: To inform potential guideline development, we investigated nonlinear associations between television viewing time (TV time) and adverse health outcomes. Methods: From 2006 to 2010, 490,966 UK Biobank participants, ...
Dose-response associations of cardiorespiratory fitness with all-cause mortality and incidence and mortality of cancer and cardiovascular and respiratory diseases: the UK Biobank cohort study
(Chile. Universidad Mayor, 2019)
Objective To investigate the association of cardiorespiratory fitness with all-cause mortality, and cardiovascular disease (CVD), respiratory disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cancer mortality and ...
Los problemas auditivos aumentan el riesgo de deterioro cognitivo en adultos mayores chilenos
(Chile. Universidad Mayor, 2019)
Introducción: Estudios previos han asociado la pérdida auditiva con un acelerado deterioro cognitivo durante el envejecimiento; no obstante, esta asociación no ha sido estudiada en adultos mayores chilenos. Objetivo: ...
2018 Chilean Physical Activity Report Card for Children and Adolescents: Full Report and International Comparisons
(Chile. Universidad Mayor, 2020)
Background: The study summarizes the findings of the 2018 Chilean Report Card (RC) on Physical Activity (PA) for Children and Adolescents and compares the results with the first Chilean RC and with other countries from the ...
Estilos de vida y cumplimiento de las Guías Alimentarias Chilenas: resultados de la ENS 2016-2017
(Chile. Universidad Mayor, 2020)
Compliance with dietary guidelines is essential for adoopting a healthy lifestyle. This study aimed to characterise the lifestyles of the Chilean population according to the fulfilment of 5 recommendations of the Food-Based ...
Comparación entre el auto-reporte de actividad física y la medición con acelerómetro según factores sociodemográficos
(Chile. Universidad Mayor, 2020)
Introduction: Determining level of physical activity (PA) can be done with objective measurement, through accelerometer, or by subjective measurement through self-report questionnaire. The aim of this study was to compare ...
Obesidad en lactantes: efecto protector de la lactancia materna versus fórmulas lácteas
(Chile. Universidad Mayor, 2020)
El objetivo del trabajo fue analizar el posible efecto protector de la lactancia materna respecto a la obesidad infantil versus fórmulas lácteas. Se consultaron las bases de datos PubMed, Web of Science y Scielo, considerándose ...
Asociación entre el polimorfismo rs9939609 del gen FTO y marcadores de adiposidad en población infantil chilena
(Chile. Universidad Mayor, 2020)
Introducción: La obesidad es una enfermedad inflamatoria donde la genética determina cierto nivel de riesgo. Aun cuando existen estudios que reportan asociación entre polimorfismos de FTO (fat-mass associated gene) y ...
The joint association of sarcopenia and frailty with incidence and mortality health outcomes: A prospective study
(Churchill Livingstone, 2021-04)
Background: Sarcopenia and frailty are strongly associated with disease incidence and mortality. However, there is limited evidence regarding their joint association with health outcomes. This study aimed to investigate ...
Optimal cut-off points for waist circumference in the definition of metabolic syndrome in Chile
(Cambridge University Press, 2020-11)
Objective: To identify sex-specific cut-off points for waist circumference (WC) in the definition of metabolic syndrome (MetS) for the Chilean adult population. Design: MetS was defined as the presence of at least two out ...