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Bazo-Alvarez, Juan Carlos ; Quispe, Renato ; Peralta, Frank ; Poterico, Julio A. ; Valle, Giancarlo A. ; Burroughs, Melissa ; Pillay, Timesh ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Checkley, William ; Malaga, German ; Smeeth, Liam ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Miranda, J. Jaime | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins | 2019-02-06T14:52:18ZIt is unclear how well currently available risk scores predict cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in low-income and middle-income countries. We aim to compare the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) Pooled Cohort r[...]texto impreso
Bayer, Angela M. ; Danysh, Heather E. ; Garvich, Mijail ; Gonzalvez, Guillermo ; Checkley, William ; Alvarez, Maria ; Gilman, Robert H. | Wiley | 2020-06-10T18:11:35ZDuring the 1997-98 El Nino, Tumbes, Peru received 16 times the annual average rainfall. This study explores how Tumbes residents perceived the impact of the El Nino event on basic necessities, transport, health care, jobs and migration. Forty-fi[...]texto impreso
Alae-Carew, Carmelia ; Scheelbeek, Pauline ; Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M. ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Checkley, William ; Miranda, J. Jaime | Cambridge University Press | 2019-12-06T21:04:45ZOBJECTIVE: To determine if specific dietary patterns are associated with risk of hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and high BMI in four sites in Peru. DESIGN: We analysed dietary patterns from a cohort of Peruvian adults in four geo[...]texto impreso
Alae-Carew, Carmelia ; Scheelbeek, Pauline ; Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M. ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Checkley, William ; Miranda, J. Jaime | Cambridge University Press | 2020-07-14T00:00:53ZOBJECTIVE: To determine if specific dietary patterns are associated with risk of hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and high BMI in four sites in Peru. DESIGN: We analysed dietary patterns from a cohort of Peruvian adults in four geog[...]texto impreso
George, Christine Marie ; Sima, Laura ; Arias, M. Helena Jahuira ; Mihalic, Jana ; Cabrera, Lilia Z. ; Danz, David ; Checkley, William ; Gilman, Robert H. | World Health Organization | 2020-06-10T18:11:35ZOBJECTIVE: To assess the extent of arsenic contamination of groundwater and surface water in Peru and, to evaluate the accuracy of the Arsenic Econo-Quick() (EQ) kit for measuring water arsenic concentrations in the field. METHODS: Water sampl[...]texto impreso
Taype-Rondan, Álvaro ; Abbs, Elizabeth Sarah ; Lazo-Porras, Maria ; Checkley, William ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Smeeth, Liam ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio | Springer Verlag | 2019-01-25T15:02:18ZPURPOSE: To evaluate the role of urbanization as an effect modifier for the association between specific chronic conditions and number of conditions with health-related quality of life (QOL). METHODS: We analyzed cross-sectional data from the CR[...]texto impreso
Siddharthan, Trishul ; Grigsby, Matthew R. ; Goodman, Dina ; Chowdhury, Muhammad ; Rubinstein, Adolfo ; Irazola, Vilma ; Gutierrez, Laura ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Alam, Dewan ; Kirenga, Bruce ; Jones, Rupert ; van Gemert, Frederick ; Wise, Robert A. ; Checkley, William | American Thoracic Society | 2018-11-30T02:09:30ZRATIONALE: Forty percent of households worldwide burn biomass fuels for energy, which may be the most important contributor to household air pollution. OBJECTIVES: To examine the association between household air pollution exposure and chronic o[...]texto impreso
Underhill, Lindsay J. ; Bose, Sonali ; Williams, D'Ann L. ; Romero, Karina M. ; Malpartida, Gary ; Breysse, Patrick N. ; Klasen, Elizabeth M. ; Combe, Juan M. ; Checkley, William ; Hansel, Nadia N. | MDPI | 2019-02-06T14:52:36ZThe influence of traffic-related air pollution on indoor residential exposure is not well characterized in homes with high natural ventilation in low-income countries. Additionally, domestic allergen exposure is unknown in such populations. We [...]texto impreso
Correa, Malena ; Zimic, Mirko ; Barrientos, Franklin ; Barrientos, Ronald ; Roman-Gonzalez, Avid ; Pajuelo, Monica J. ; Anticona, Cynthia ; Mayta, Holger ; Alva, Alicia ; Solis-Vasquez, Leonardo ; Figueroa, Dante Anibal ; Chavez, Miguel A. ; Lavarello, Roberto ; Castañeda, Benjamin ; Paz-Soldan, Valerie A. ; Checkley, William ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Oberhelman, Richard | Public Library of Science | 2019-03-05T15:23:30ZPneumonia is one of the major causes of child mortality, yet with a timely diagnosis, it is usually curable with antibiotic therapy. In many developing regions, diagnosing pneumonia remains a challenge, due to shortages of medical resources. Lun[...]texto impreso
Rhodes, Evelyn L. ; Dreibelbis, Robert ; Klasen, Elizabeth M. ; Naithani, Neha ; Baliddawa, Joyce ; Menya, Diana ; Khatry, Subarna ; Levy, Stephanie ; Tielsch, James M. ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Kennedy, Caitlin ; Checkley, William | MDPI | 2020-06-10T18:11:35ZGlobal efforts are underway to develop and promote improved cookstoves which may reduce the negative health and environmental effects of burning solid fuels on health and the environment. Behavioral studies have considered cookstove user practi[...]texto impreso
Sterling, Robie ; Checkley, William ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Cabrera, Lilia ; Sterling, Charles R. ; Bern, Caryn ; Miranda, J. Jaime | PeerJ | 2020-06-10T18:12:21ZBackground. Longitudinal investigations into the origins of adult essential hypertension have found elevated blood pressure in children to accurately track into adulthood, however the direct causes of essential hypertension in adolescence and ad[...]texto impreso
Miranda, J. Jaime ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Diez-Canseco, Francisco ; Malaga, German ; Cárdenas, María K. ; Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M. ; Pesantes, M. Amalia ; Araya, Ricardo ; Boggio, Oscar ; Checkley, William ; García, Patricia J. ; Leon-Velarde, Fabiola ; Lescano, Andres G. ; Montori, Victor ; Pan, William ; Rivera-Chira, Maria ; Sacksteder, Katherine ; Smeeth, Liam ; Garcia, Hector H. ; Gilman, Robert H. | Elsevier | 2019-02-06T14:59:06ZThe CRONICAS Centre of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, based at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, was created in 2009 with support from the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). The vision of CRONICAS is to build a globally[...]texto impreso
Francis, Elizabeth R. ; Kuo, Chin-Chi ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Nessel, Lisa ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Checkley, William ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Feldman, Harold I. | BMC | 2019-02-06T14:52:15ZBACKGROUND: The silent progression of chronic kidney diseases (CKD) and its association with other chronic diseases, and high treatment costs make it a great public health concern worldwide. The population burden of CKD in Peru has yet to be fu[...]texto impreso
Pham, Luu V. ; Miele, Catherine H. ; Schwartz, Noah G. ; Arias, Rafael S. ; Rattner, Adi ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Polotsky, Vsevolod Y. ; Checkley, William ; Schwartz, Alan R. | European Respiratory Society | 2019-01-25T15:02:19ZAssociations between sleep disordered breathing (SDB) and cardiometabolic outcomes have not been examined in highlanders.We performed nocturnal polygraphy in Peruvian highlanders (3825 m). Multivariable linear regression models examined associat[...]texto impreso
Zavala-Loayza, J. Alfredo ; Pastorius-Benziger, Catherine ; Cardenas, Maria Kathia ; Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M. ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Checkley, William ; Miranda, J. Jaime | Elsevier | 2019-02-06T14:48:08ZBACKGROUND: Over one-quarter of the world's adult population has hypertension, yet achieving adequate treatment or control targets remains a challenge. OBJECTIVE: This study sought to identify, longitudinally, characteristics associated with ant[...]
