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  • Agreement Between Cardiovascular Disease Risk Scores in Resource-Limited Settings: Evidence from 5 Peruvian Sites 
    Bazo-Alvarez, Juan Carlos; Quispe, Renato; Peralta, Frank; Poterico, Julio A.; Valle, Giancarlo A.; Burroughs, Melissa; Pillay, Timesh; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Checkley, William; Málaga Rodríguez, Germán Javier; Smeeth, Liam; Bernabé Ortiz, Antonio; Miranda, J. Jaime (Wolters Kluwer Health, 2015)
    It 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 ...
  • Analysis of dietary patterns and cross-sectional and longitudinal associations with hypertension, high BMI and type 2 diabetes in Peru. 
    Alae-Carew, Carmelia; Scheelbeek, Pauline; Carrillo Larco, Rodrigo Martín; Bernabé Ortiz, Antonio; Checkley, William; Miranda, J. Jaime (Cambridge University Press, 2019)
    OBJECTIVE: 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 ...
  • Arsenic exposure in drinking water: an unrecognized health threat in Peru 
    George, Christine Marie; Sima, Laura; Arias, M. Helena Jahuira; Mihalic, Jana; Cabrera, Lilia Z.; Danz, David; Checkley, William; Gilman, Robert Hugh (World Health Organization, 2014)
    OBJECTIVE: 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. ...
  • Association between chronic conditions and health-related quality of life: differences by level of urbanization in Peru 
    Taype-Rondan, Alvaro; Abbs, Elizabeth Sarah; Lazo Porras, María de los Ángeles; Checkley, William; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Smeeth, Liam; Miranda, J. Jaime; Bernabé Ortiz, Antonio (Springer, 2017)
    PURPOSE: 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 ...
  • Association between household air pollution exposure and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease outcomes in 13 low- and middle-income country settings 
    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)
    RATIONALE: 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 ...
  • Association of Roadway Proximity with Indoor Air Pollution in a Peri-Urban Community in Lima, Peru 
    Underhill, Lindsay J.; Bose, Sonali; Williams, D'Ann L.; Romero Rivero, Karina Maribel; Malpartida, Gary; Breysse, Patrick N.; Klasen, Elizabeth M.; Combe, Juan M.; Checkley, William; Hansel, Nadia N. (MDPI, 2015)
    The 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 ...
  • Automatic classification of pediatric pneumonia based on lung ultrasound pattern recognition 
    Correa, Malena; Zimic-Peralta, Mirko Juan; Barrientos, Franklin; Barrientos, Ronald; Román-Gonzalez, Avid; Pajuelo Travezaño, Monica Jhenny; Anticona, Cynthia; Mayta, Holger; Alva, Alicia; Solis-Vasquez, Leonardo; Figueroa, Dante Anibal; Chavez, Miguel A.; Lavarello, Roberto; Castañeda, Benjamin; Paz-Soldan Parlette, Valerie Andrea; Checkley, William; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Oberhelman, Richard (Public Library of Science, 2018)
    Pneumonia 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 ...
  • Behavioral attitudes and preferences in cooking practices with traditional open-fire stoves in Peru, Nepal, and Kenya: implications for improved cookstove interventions 
    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, 2014)
    Global 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 ...
  • Beyond birth-weight: early growth and adolescent blood pressure in a Peruvian population 
    Sterling, Robie; Checkley, William; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Cabrera, Lilia; Sterling, Charles R.; Bern, Caryn; Miranda, J. Jaime (PeerJ, 2014)
    Background. 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 ...
  • Building a platform for translational research in chronic noncommunicable diseases to address population health: lessons from NHLBI supported CRONICAS in Peru 
    Miranda, J. Jaime; Bernabé Ortiz, Antonio; Diez-Canseco Montero, Francisco; Málaga Rodríguez, Germán Javier; Cárdenas García-Santillán, María Kathia; Carrillo Larco, Rodrigo Martín; Pesantes Villa, María Amalia; Araya, Ricardo; Boggio, Oscar; Checkley, William; Garcia Funegra, Patricia Jannet; León-Velarde, Fabiola; Lescano Guevara, Andres Guillermo; Montori, Victor; Pan, William; Rivera Chira, Maria Concepcion; Sacksteder, Katherine; Smeeth, Liam; García Lescano, Héctor Hugo; Gilman, Robert Hugh (Elsevier, 2015)
    The 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 ...
  • Burden of chronic kidney disease in resource-limited settings from Peru: a population-based study 
    Francis, Elizabeth R.; Kuo, Chin-Chi; Bernabé Ortiz, Antonio; Nessel, Lisa; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Checkley, William; Miranda, J. Jaime; Feldman, Harold I. (BioMed Central, 2015)
    BACKGROUND: 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 ...
  • Cardiometabolic correlates of sleep disordered breathing in Andean highlanders 
    Pham, Luu V.; Miele, Catherine H.; Schwartz, Noah G.; Arias, Rafael S.; Rattner, Adi; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Miranda, J. Jaime; Polotsky, Vsevolod Y.; Checkley, William; Schwartz, Alan R. (European Respiratory Society, 2017)
    Associations 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 ...
  • Characteristics Associated With Antihypertensive Treatment and Blood Pressure Control: A Population-Based Follow-Up Study in Peru 
    Zavala-Loayza, J. Alfredo; Pastorius-Benziger, Catherine; Cárdenas García-Santillán, María Kathia; Carrillo Larco, Rodrigo Martín; Bernabé Ortiz, Antonio; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Checkley, William; Miranda, J. Jaime (Elsevier, 2016)
    BACKGROUND: 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 ...
  • Chronic exposure to biomass fuel is associated with increased carotid artery intima-media thickness and a higher prevalence of atherosclerotic plaque 
    Painschab, Matthew S.; Davila-Roman, Victor G.; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Vasquez-Villar, Angel D.; Pollard, Suzanne L.; Wise, Robert A.; Miranda, J. Jaime; Checkley, William (BMJ Publishing Group, 2013)
    Background Biomass fuels are used for cooking in the majority of rural households worldwide. While their use is associated with an increased risk of lung diseases and all-cause mortality, the effects on cardiovascular ...
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Self-Management in Three LMICs: A Pilot Randomized Trial. 
    Pollard, Suzanne L.; Siddharthan, Trishul; Hossen, Shakir; Rykiel, Natalie A.; Flores-Flores, Oscar; Alupo, Patricia; Quaderi, Shumonta; Ascencio, Ivonne; Barber, Julie A.; Chandyo, Ram; Kumar Das, Santa; Gianella Malca, Gonzalo Ernesto; Kirenga, Bruce; Grunstra, Kelli; Miranda, J. Jaime; Mohan, Sakshi; Ricciardi, Federico; Sharma, Arun K.; Shrestha, Laxman; Soares, Marta O.; Wosu, Adaeze C.; Hurst, John R.; Checkley, William (American Thoracic Society, 2023)
    INTRODUCTION: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) disproportionately affects low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Health systems are ill-prepared to manage the increase in COPD cases. METHODS: We carried out ...
  • Comparison of next-generation portable pollution monitors to measure exposure to PM(2.5) from household air pollution in Puno, Peru 
    Burrowes, Vanessa J.; Piedrahita, Ricardo; Pillarisetti, Ajay; Underhill, Lindsay J.; Fandino-Del-Rio, Magdalena; Johnson, Michael; Kephart, Josiah L.; Hartinger Peña, Stella Maria; Steenland, Kyle; Naeher, Luke; Kearns, Katie; Peel, Jennifer L.; Clark, Maggie L.; Checkley, William; Balakrishnan, Kalpana; Checkley, William; Clasen, Thomas; McCracken, John; Peel, Jennifer; Rosa, Ghislaine; Rosenthal, Joshua; Steenland, Kyle; Thompson, Lisa; Aravindalochanan, Vigneswari; Balakrishnan, Kalpana; Garg, Sarada; Thangavel, Gurusamy; Mukhopadhyay, Krishnendu; Puttaswamy, Naveen; Sambandam, Sankar; De Leon, Oscar; Mollinedo, Erick; Diaz, Anaite; Pineda Fuentes, Irma Sayury; McCracken, John; Thompson, Lisa; Burrowes, Vanessa; Canuz, Eduardo; Checkley, William; Chiang, Marilu; Hartinger Peña, Stella Maria; Herrera, Phabiola; Laws, Margaret; Moulton, Lawrence; Simkovich, Suzanne; Underhill, Lindsay; Williams, Kendra; Ntivuguruzwa, Jean de Dieu; Kirby, Miles; Majorin, Fiona; Nambajimana, Abidan; Ndagijimana, Florien; Rosa, Ghislaine; Uwizeyimana, Jean; Harvey, Steven; Howard, Marjorie; Miranda, J. Jaime; Puzzolo, Elisa; Quinn, Ashlinn; Sakas, Zoe; Williams, Kendra; Barr, Dana; Campbell, Julia McPeek; Clark, Maggie; Gupton, Savannah; Rajkumar, Sarah; Ryan, Barry; Young, Bonnie; Chang, Howard; Chen, Yunyun; Elon, Lisa; Jaacks, Lindsay; Jabbarzadeh, Shirin; Lovvorn, Amy; Nizam, Azhar; Verma, Amit; Waller, Lance; Checkley, William; Craik, Rachel; Merrick, Rachel; Davila-Roman, Victor; de la Fuentes, Lisa; Papageorghiou, Aris; Toenjes, Ashley; Johnson, Michael; Liao, Jiawen; Naeher, Luke; Piedrahita, Ricardo; Pillarisetti, Ajay; Sarnat, Jeremy; Smith, Kirk; Chiang, Marilu; Diaz, Anaite; Jaacks, Lindsay; Kirby, Miles; Ramakrishnan, Usha; Thompson, Lisa; Sinharoy, Sheela; Checkley, William; Clasen, Thomas; Crocker, Mary; Goodman, Dina; Hossen, Shakir; Kirby, Miles; McCollum, Eric; McCracken, John; Peel, Jennifer; Rosa, Ghislaine; Simkovich, Suzanne; Steenland, Kyle; Garg, Sarada; Thangavel, Gurusamy; Thompson, Lisa; Canuz, Eduardo; Diaz, Anaite; Laws, Margaret; Lovvorn, Amy; Herrera, Phabiola; Thangavel, Gurusamy; Uwizeyimana, Jean; Gabriel Espinoza, Juan (Wiley, 2020)
    Assessment of personal exposure to PM2.5 is critical for understanding intervention effectiveness and exposure-response relationships in household air pollution studies. In this pilot study, we compared PM2.5 concentrations ...
  • Contribution of modifiable risk factors for hypertension and type-2 diabetes in Peruvian resource-limited settings 
    Bernabé Ortiz, Antonio; Carrillo Larco, Rodrigo Martín; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Checkley, William; Smeeth, Liam; Miranda, J. Jaime; CRONICAS Cohort Study Group (BMJ Publishing Group, 2015)
    BACKGROUND: It is important to understand the local burden of non-communicable diseases including within-country heterogeneity. The aim of this study was to characterise hypertension and type-2 diabetes profiles across ...
  • Cost-Accuracy Analysis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Screening in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 
    Mohan, Sakshi; Cárdenas García-Santillán, María Kathia; Ricciardi, Federico; Siddharthan, Trishul; Pollard, Suzanne L.; Rykiel, Natalie A.; Checkley, William; Hurst, John R.; Soares, Marta O.; GECo Study Investigators (American Thoracic Society, 2022)
    To the editor: The global burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) disproportionately affects low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Well-recognized challenges to the mitigation of COPD in LMICs include ...
  • Cross-Sectional Comparison of Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Native Peruvian Highlanders and Lowlanders 
    Pham, Luu V.; Meinzen, Christopher; Arias, Rafael S.; Schwartz, Noah G.; Rattner, Adi; Miele, Catherine H.; Smith, Philip L.; Schneider, Hartmut; Miranda, J. Jaime; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Polotsky, Vsevolod Y.; Checkley, William; Schwartz, Alan R. (Mary Ann Liebert, 2017)
    BACKGROUND: Altitude can accentuate sleep disordered breathing (SDB), which has been linked to cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. SDB in highlanders has not been characterized in large controlled studies. The purpose ...
  • A cross-sectional study of determinants of indoor environmental exposures in households with and without chronic exposure to biomass fuel smoke 
    Pollard, Suzanne L.; Williams, D'Ann L.; Breysse, Patrick N.; Baron, Patrick A.; Grajeda, Laura M.; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Miranda, J. Jaime; Checkley, William (BioMed Central, 2014)
    Background: Burning biomass fuels indoors for cooking is associated with high concentrations of particulate matter (PM) and carbon monoxide (CO). More efficient biomass-burning stoves and chimneys for ventilation have been ...

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