• Antropometría como predictor de diabetes gestacional: Estudio de cohorte 

    Huidobro-Muñoz, Andrea; Prentice, Andrew M.; Fulford, Anthony; Rozowski N., Jaime (2010)
    Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a high incidence disease. Easily measured predictor factors could help to implement preventive policies and early detection tests. Aim: To measure recognizable risk factors ...

  • Cohort profile: the Cohorts Consortium of Latin America and the Caribbean (CC-LAC) 

    Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo; Huidobro-Muñoz, Andrea (2020)
  • Cohort profile: The Maule Cohort (MAUCO) 

    Ferreccio, Catterina; Huidobro-Muñoz, Andrea; Cortés, Sandra; Bambs, Claudia; Toro, Pablo; Van de Wyngard, Vanessa; Acevedo, Johanna; Paredes, Fabio; Venegas, Pia; Verdejo, Hugo E.; Oyarzún-González, Ximena; Cook, Paz; Castro, Pablo F.; Foerster, Claudia; Vargas, Claudio; Koshiol, Jill; Araya, Juan C.; Cruz, Francisco; Corvalán, Alejandro H.; Quest, Andrew F.; Kogan, Marcelo J.; Lavandero, Sergio (2020)
  • Colonization with antibiotic-resistant gram-negative bacteria in population-based hospital and community settings in Chile 

    Bralic, Rafael; Peters, Anne; Sanchez, Felipe; Alvares, Danilo; Rivas, Lina; Spencer, Maria; Martinez, Rodrigo; Moya, Francisco; Rojas, Loreto; Rioseco, Maria L.; Rojas, Pamela; Usedo, Pedro; Smith, Rachel; Malpiedi, Paul; Park, Benjamin J.; Sharma, Aditya; Huidobro-Muñoz, Andrea; Ferreccio, Catterina; DAgata, Erika; Munita, Jose (2020)
    Background: Estimating the burden of intestinal colonization with antibiotic-resistant gram-negative bacteria (AR-GNB) is critical to understanding their global epidemiology and spread. We aimed to determine the prevalence ...

  • Early left atrial dysfunction is associated with suboptimal cardiovascular health 

    Ocaranza, María P.; Bambs, Claudia; Salinas, Manuel; Matamala, Cristian; Garcia, Lorena; Troncoso, Rodrigo; Pedrozo, Zully; Huidobro-Muñoz, Andrea; Venegas, Pia; Paredes, Fabio; Giacaman, Arturo; Zalaquett, Ricardo; Chiong, Mario; Verdejo, Hugo E.; Ferreccio, Catterina; Lavandero, Sergio; Castro, Pablo F.; Gabrielli, Luigi (2020)
    Aims: Two‐dimensional speckle‐tracking echocardiography can assess left atrial (LA) function by measuring atrial volumes and deformation parameters (strain, strain rate). This cross‐sectional analysis explores the association ...

  • Frailty and health risks in an agricultural population, Chile 2014–2017 

    Bustamante-Ara, Natalia; Villarroel, Luis; Paredes, Fabio; Huidobro-Muñoz, Andrea; Ferreccio, Catterina (2019)
    Background: Aging presents an emerging health and social challenge. We report the prevalence of frailty, its association with chronic diseases and the risk of hospitalization or death within 29 months. Methods: Cross-sectional ...

  • Frecuencia de administración de psicoestimulantes en escolares de primero a sexto básico en Talca 

    Buttinghausen G., Valeria; Cruz F., Jaime; Elizalde R., Lorenza; Tapia D., Daniela; Figueroa J., Francisca; Huidobro-Muñoz, Andrea (2011)
    Background: Stimulant drugs are frequently prescribed in the treatment of Attention-Defi cit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children. Drug prescription is associated with children’s age and gender. Chile has few reports ...

  • Polypharmacy in a semirural community in Chile: Results from Maule Cohort 

    Oyarzún-González, Ximena; Ferreccio, Catterina; Abner, Erin L.; Vargas, Claudio; Huidobro-Muñoz, Andrea; Toro, Pablo (2020)
    Purpose: Although polypharmacy in younger populations is a growing public health concern, most studies addressing polypharmacy focus on elderly populations. Thus, polypharmacy is not yet well understood in younger ...

  • Processed meat consumption and associated factors in Chile: a cross-sectional study nested in the Mauco cohort 

    Ruedlinge, Jenny; Cid Ossandó, Vicente; Huidobro-Muñoz, Andrea; Van de Wyngard, Vanessa; Vargas, Claudio; Ferreccio, Catterina (2022)
    Processed meat consumption is increasing in Latin America. While in developed countries processed meat consumption has been associated with cardiovascular diseases and cancer, our region lacks data associated to ...

  • Processed meat eater profile in a Latin-American cohort 

    Ruedlinger, J.; Paredes, F.; Cid, V.; Huidobro-Muñoz, Andrea; Ferreccio, Catterina (2020)
    Background: We aim to describe the prevalence, distribution and factors associated to processed meat (e.g. sausages, bacon) consumption (PMC) in a Chilean population-based cohort. This is the first study to explore this ...

  • Study protocol for the Maule Cohort (MAUCO) of chronic diseases, Chile 2014–2024 

    Huidobro-Muñoz, Andrea; Silva-Prado, Raúl; Ferreccio, Catterina; Roa, Juan Carlos; Bambs, Claudia; Vives, Alejandra; Corvalán, Alejandro H.; Cortés, Sandra; Foerster, Claudia; Acevedo, Johanna; Passi, Alvaro; Toro, Pablo; Covacevich, Yerko; De la Cruz, Rolando; Koshiol, Jill; Olivares, Mauricio; Miquel, Juan Francisco; Cruz, Francisco; Quest, Andrew F.; Kogan, Marcelo J.; Castro, Pablo F.; Lavandero, Sergio (2016)
    Background: Maule Cohort (MAUCO), a Chilean cohort study, seeks to analyze the natural history of chronic diseases in the agricultural county of Molina (40,000 inhabitants) in the Maule Region, Chile. Molina´s population ...

  • The association between walking pace and grip strength and all-cause mortality: a prospective analysis from the MAUCO cohort 

    Petermann-Rocha, Fanny; Parra‑Soto, Solange; Cid Ossandó, Vicente; Huidobro-Muñoz, Andrea; Ferreccio, Catterina; Celis-Morales, Carlos (2023)
    Objective This study investigated the individual and combined association of walking pace and grip strength with all-cause mortality in Chilean adults. Study design 8813 participants (54.6 % women) from the MAUCO ...