Association between cardiovascular risk factors and cognitive impairment in adults aged 60 years or older from Chile: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Few studies in Latin America have examined the association between cardiovascular risk factors and cognitive impairment (CI) in a nationally representative sample. Therefore, this study aimed to estimate the prevalence of CI in a nationally representative sample of adults aged 60 years or older from Chile and to investigate the association between cardiovascular risk factors and CI.

Methods: Data from the cross-sectional 2016-2017 National Health Survey of Chile, which included 2031 adults (63.

Breast cancer incidence and the air pollution level in the communes of Chile: an ecological study.

There is evidence linking air pollutants associated with vehicular traffic such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with breast carcinogenesis. Epidemiological studies have shown conflicting results regarding air pollution and breast cancer risk, which could be explained by the multitude of other risk factors that could affect the association. In Chile, air pollution has reached alarming levels, either due to motorised vehicle traffic or the combustion of wood for heating; therefore, our objective was to evaluate the association between the incidence of breast cancer and the concentration of the main air pollutants monitored in the country.

[Lithogenic risk index in urinary lithiasis patients and their evolution after treatment.].

Objective: To determine the lithogenic risk index and its evolution after treatment of paraguayan lithiasic patients.

Methods: This experimental study of temporal series included 28 lithiasic patients of both sexes that attended to the Instituto de Prevision Social in 2012. Basal evaluation included metabolic study and urinary saturation indexes determined by EQUIL software.

[Lithogenic risk in patients from Paraguay with urolithiasis].

Unlabelled: The lithogenic risk profile is a graphical representation of metabolic factors and urinary saturation involved in the stone formation with their respective critical values.

Aim: To determine the lithogenic risk profile in patients with urolithiasis.

Material And Methods: Personal data such as anthropometric, history of diseases and family history of urolithiasis were recorded.

[Enteric parasitic disease in children under 5 years of age, indigenous and non-indigenous, from rural communities in Paraguay].

Background: Official figures of mortality in children under five years of age in the Americas, report that infectious and parasitic diseases caused most of the deaths.

Objective: To evaluate the frequency of intestinal parasites in vulnerable children, indigenous and non-indigenous, and their socio-environmental characteristics.

Patients And Methods: We evaluated 247 children under five years of age, of both sexes.