Publications by authors named "Angelica Ortega-Torres"

Introduction: In December 2020, vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 started in Spain. Until March 2022, 91.1% of the target population was vaccinated.

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Objective: To estimate the association between childhood obesity and the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a cohort followed from 4 to 12 years of age.

Methods: The data were obtained from two independent sources: the Longitudinal Childhood Obesity Study (ELOIN) and the epidemiological surveillance system data from the Community of Madrid (Spain), which served to identify the population within the cohort with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection. The SARS-CoV-2 registry was cross-checked with the cohort population at 11-12 years of age.

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Objective: To identify the mortality directly attributed to hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) in Spain, and to analyze its time trends and geographic variability.

Method: Population-based deaths due to HHT were selected from the Spanish National Statistics Institute: codes 448.0 (ICD-9, 1981-1998) and I78.

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