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  • Body Mass Index and Self-Perception of Overweight and Obesity in Rural, Urban and Rural-to-Urban Migrants: PERU MIGRANT Study 
    Loret de Mola, C.; Pillay, T.D.; Diez-Canseco Montero, Francisco; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Smeeth, L.; Miranda, J. Jaime (Public Library of Science, 2012)
    Objective: This study aimed to compare self-reported weight and body mass index (BMI) in order to determine discrepancies between subjective and objective obesity-related markers, and possible explanatory factors of ...
  • Effect of urbanisation on asthma, allergy and airways inflammation in a developing country setting 
    Robinson, C.L.; Baumann, L.M.; Romero Rivero, Karina Maribel; Combe, J.M.; Gomez, A.; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Cabrera, L.; Gonzalvez, G.; Hansel, N.N.; Wise, R.A.; Barnes, K.C.; Breysse, P.N.; Checkley, W. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2011)
    Background: Asthma is a growing public health problem in developing countries. However, few studies have studied the role of urbanisation in this phenomenon. It was hypothesised that children living in a peri-urban setting ...
  • Effect of urbanisation on the relationship between total serum IgE and asthma 
    Checkley, William; Robinson, Colin L.; Baumann, Lauren M.; Romero Rivero, Karina Maribel; Combe, Juan M.; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Wise, Robert A.; Hamilton, Robert G.; Gonzalvez, Guillermo; Cama, Vitaliano; Hansel, Nadia N. (European Respiratory Society, 2013)
    It is unclear if the relationship of total serum IgE with asthma varies with degree of urbanisation. We hypothesised that the relationship of total serum IgE to asthma is more pronounced in an urban versus a rural environment. ...
  • Geospatial Analysis of Dental Access and Workforce Distribution in Kenya 
    Okumu, B. A.; Tennant, M.; Kruger, E.; Kemoli, A. M.; Roberts, F. A.; Seminario, Ana L. (Levy Library Press, 2022)
    Background and Objective: One of the major factors affecting access to quality oral healthcare in low-and middle-income countries is the under-supply of the dental workforce. The aim of this study was to use Geographical ...
  • Hypertension prevalence by degrees of urbanization and altitude in Peru: pooled analysis of 186 906 participants. 
    Mendoza Quispe, Daniel Enrique; Chambergo-Michilot, Diego; Moscoso Porras, Miguel Giancarlo; Bernabé Ortiz, Antonio (Wolters Kluwer Health, 2023)
    OBJECTIVE: Few studies, using countrywide data, examined how hypertension prevalence varies at diverse degrees of urbanization and altitude. This study examined the association between urbanization and altitude, including ...
  • Transiciones en contexto: hallazgos vinculados a migración rural-urbana y enfermedades no transmisibles en Perú 
    Miranda, J. Jaime; Wells, Jonathan C. K.; Smeeth, Liam (Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2012)
    In order to better understand the emergence of chronic non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries this article seeks to present, in context, different transitional processes which societies and populations ...
  • Urbanization and Altitude Are Associated with Low Kidney Function in Peru. 
    Carrillo Larco, Rodrigo Martín; Miranda, J. Jaime; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Narvaez-Guerra, Offdan; Herrera-Enriquez, Karela; Medina-Lezama, Josefina; Smeeth, Liam; Checkley, William; Bernabé Ortiz, Antonio (Mary Ann Liebert, 2019)
    Background: Kidney health needs to be studied in low- and middle-income countries with populations living at high altitude and undergoing urbanization. We studied whether greater level of urbanization was associated with ...
  • Urbanization and Daily Exposure to Biomass Fuel Smoke Both Contribute to Chronic Bronchitis Risk in a Population with Low Prevalence of Daily Tobacco Smoking 
    Miele, Catherine H.; Jaganath, Devan; Miranda, J. Jaime; Bernabé Ortiz, Antonio; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Johnson, Caroline M.; Diette, Gregory B.; Wise, Robert A.; Checkley, William (Taylor and Francis, 2015)
    OBJECTIVE: Risk factors beyond tobacco smoking associated with chronic bronchitis are not well understood. We sought to describe the prevalence and risk factors of chronic bronchitis across four distinct settings in Peru ...
  • Urbanization, Altitude and Cardiovascular Risk 
    Bernabé Ortiz, Antonio; Carrillo Larco, Rodrigo Martín (Elsevier, 2022)
    Background: There is limited information regarding the variation of the cardiovascular (CV) risk, that combines multiple risk factors in one metric, according to urbanization and altitude. Objective: To assess and disentangle ...
  • Urbanization, land tenure security and vector-borne Chagas disease 
    Levy, Michael Z.; Barbu, Corentin M.; Castillo Neyra, Ricardo; Quispe-Machaca, Victor R.; Ancca-Juarez, Jenny; Escalante-Mejia, Patricia; Borrini-Mayori, Katty; Niemierko, Malwina; Mabud, Tarub S.; Behrman, Jere R.; Naquira Velarde, Cesar Gabriel (Royal Society Publishing, 2014)
    Modern cities represent one of the fastest growing ecosystems on the planet. Urbanization occurs in stages; each stage characterized by a distinct habitat that may be more or less susceptible to the establishment of disease ...

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