[HTML][HTML] An update on aging and dementia in Chile

P Fuentes, C Albala - Dementia & neuropsychologia, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
Chile is in an advanced demographic transition stage with the population over 60 years of
age representing 15% of the total population and whose number of elderly has more than …

[PDF][PDF] Desigualdades socioeconómicas en el proceso de discapacidad en una cohorte de adultos mayores de Santiago de Chile

A Fuentes-García, H Sánchez, L Lera, X Cea… - Gaceta …, 2013 - SciELO Public Health
Objetivo: Describir y comparar las desigualdades socioeconómicas en el proceso de
discapacidad de adultos mayores chilenos residentes en la comunidad, aportando …

[HTML][HTML] Características antropométricas y condición física funcional de adultos mayores chilenos insertos en la comunidad

FA Guede, LJ Chirosa, SA Fuentealba… - Nutrición …, 2017 - SciELO Espana
Introducción: la antropometría y condición física funcional (CFF) son aspectos
fundamentales para la conservación de la independencia funcional del adulto mayor (AM) …

[HTML][HTML] Gender differences in predictors of self-rated health among older adults in Brazil and Chile

ACV Campos, C Albala, L Lera, H Sánchez… - BMC public health, 2015 - Springer
Background The determinants of self-rated health (SRH) have been widely investigated to
explain social differences and gender differences in health. This study aimed to investigate …

[HTML][HTML] Relación entre hipertensión arterial y diabetes mellitus tipo 2 con deterioro cognitivo en adultos mayores

VA Chandía Reyes, C Luengo Martínez - Gerokomos, 2019 - SciELO Espana
CHANDIA REYES, Verónica Alejandra y LUENGO MARTINEZ, Carolina. Relación entre
hipertensión arterial y diabetes mellitus tipo 2 con deterioro cognitivo en adultos mayores …

[HTML][HTML] Gender, nutritional status and disability-free life expectancy among older people in Santiago, Chile

X Moreno, C Albala, L Lera, B Leyton, B Angel… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background This study was aimed to estimate life expectancy (LE), disability-free life
expectancy (DFLE) and disabled life expectancy (DLE) among older adults from Santiago …

[HTML][HTML] Disability-free life expectancy and life expectancy in good self-rated health in Chile: Gender differences and compression of morbidity between 2009 and …

X Moreno, L Lera, C Albala - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Chile has one of the highest life expectancies at 60 years in South America.
This study was aimed to determine healthy life expectancies among Chilean older people …

Validity and reliability of the SF-36 in Chilean older adults: the ALEXANDROS study

L Lera, A Fuentes-García, H Sánchez… - European Journal of …, 2013 - Springer
To validate short-form-36 health survey (SF-36) with specific scoring algorithm obtained in a
large sample of Chilean older people and to associate quality of life in this sample with …

[HTML][HTML] Socioeconomic inequalities in life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy among Chilean older adults: evidence from a longitudinal study

X Moreno, L Lera, F Moreno, C Albala - BMC geriatrics, 2021 - Springer
Background Chile has one of the longest life expectancies of Latin America. The country is
characterised by an important macroeconomic growth and persisting socioeconomic …

Sarcopenic metabolomic profile reflected a sarcopenic phenotype associated with amino acid and essential fatty acid changes

R Opazo, B Angel, C Márquez, L Lera… - Metabolomics, 2021 - Springer
Introduction Although sarcopenia greatly affects health and quality of life in older people, its
pathophysiological causes are not fully elucidated. To face this challenge, omics …