• The contribution of chronic diseases to the prevalence of dependence among older people in Latin America, China and India: a 10/66 Dementia Research Group population-based survey 

      Sousa, Renata M.; Ferri, Cleusa P.; Acosta, Daisy; Guerra, Mariella; Huang, Yueqin; Jacob, K. S.; Jotheeswaran, A.T.; Guerra Hernández, Milagros A.; Liu, Zhaorui; Rodríguez Pichardo, Guillermina; Llibre Rodríguez, Juan J.; Salas, Aquiles; Sosa, Ana Luisa; Williams, Joseph D.; Zuniga, Tirso; Prince, Martin J. (BMC Geriatrics, 2010-08-06)
      The number of older people is set to increase dramatically worldwide. Demographic changes are likely to result in the rise of age-related chronic diseases which largely contribute to years lived with a disability and ...
    • A histochemical and ultrastructural study of human breast carcinomas with a view to their classification by cell of origin 

      Bencosme, S.A.; Raymond, M.J.; Ross, R.C.; Mobbs, B.; Tsutsumi, V.; Ortiz, H.; Gonzalez, R.; Segura, E. (Experimental and Molecular Pathology, 1979-08)
      We have studied 450 cases of human breast carcinoma at the histochemical and ultrastructural level. The breast biopsies were obtained from Canada, Mexico and Dominican Republic.This study was undertaken to evaluate the ...
    • Multiple unhealthy behaviors share equivalent profiles of readiness for change in patients with type 2 Diabetes 

      Salinas Martínez, Ana María; Gómez Campusano, Ruth Isabel; Cordero Franco, Hid Felizardo; Chávez Barrón, Karen Abigail; Gutiérrez Sauceda, Cecilia Janeth; Guzmán de la Garza, Francisco Javier; Núñez Rocha, Georgina Mayela (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021-03-31)
      Few studies have considered more than one behavior, despite the tendency towards multiple behaviors, and there are none that have focused on a Latino population. We determined the concurrence of four unhealthy behaviors ...
    • Prevalence of dementia in Latin America, India, and China: a population-based cross-sectional survey. 

      Llibre Rodríguez, Juan J.; Acosta, Daisy; Guerra, Mariella; Huang, Yueqin; Salas, Aquiles; Sosa, Ana Luisa; Acosta, Isaac; Gaona, Ciro; Li, Shuran; Valhuerdi, Adolfo; Prince, Martin J.; Ferri, Cleusa P.; Jacob, K. S.; Krishnamoorthy, E. S.; Dewey, Michael E.; Jotheeswaran, A.T.; Rodríguez, Diana; Rodríguez Pichardo, Guillermina; Senthil Kumar, P.; Ferri, Cleusa P. (The Lancet, 2008)
      Studies have suggested that the prevalence of dementia is lower in developing than in developed regions. We investigated the prevalence and severity of dementia in sites in low-income and middle-income countries according ...
    • The prevalence, correlates and impact of anaemia among older people in Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela. 

      Bryce, Renata M.; Salas, Aquiles; Acosta, Daisy; Jiménez Velázquez, Ivonne Z.; Llibre Rodríguez, Juan J.; Sosa, Ana Luisa; Marcheco Teruel, Beatriz; Valhuerdi, Adolfo; McKeigue, Paul; Prince, Martin J. (British Journal of Haematology, 2013)
      Anaemia among older people is increasingly recognized as a matter of public health concern. Data from low- and middleincome countries are sparse. We surveyed 10915 people aged 65 years and over (8423 with blood tests) in ...