Browsing by Author "Ferreccio Readi, Fresia Catterina"

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    A century of trends in adult human height
    (eLife Sciences Publications Ltd, 2016) Bentham, J.; Di Cesare, M.; Zhou, B.; Bixby, H.; Fortunato, L.; Bennett, J.E.; Kontis, V.; Riboli, E.; Ezzati, M.; Chan, Q.; Elliott, P.; Gunter, M.; Hihtaniemi, I. T.; Murphy, N.; Norat, T.; Ferreccio Readi, Fresia Catterina; Margozzini Maira, Paula; Miquel P., Juan Francisco; Nervi, Flavio; Valdivia Cabrera, Gonzalo
    Being taller is associated with enhanced longevity, and higher education and earnings. We reanalysed 1472 population-based studies, with measurement of height on more than 18.6 million participants to estimate mean height for people born between 1896 and 1996 in 200 countries. The largest gain in adult height over the past century has occurred in South Korean women and Iranian men, who became 20.2 cm (95% credible interval 17.5–22.7) and 16.5 cm (13.3– 19.7) taller, respectively. In contrast, there was little change in adult height in some sub-Saharan African countries and in South Asia over the century of analysis. The tallest people over these 100 years are men born in the Netherlands in the last quarter of 20th century, whose average heights surpassed 182.5 cm, and the shortest were women born in Guatemala in 1896 (140.3 cm; 135.8– 144.8). The height differential between the tallest and shortest populations was 19-20 cm a century ago, and has remained the same for women and increased for men a century later despite substantial changes in the ranking of countries.
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    Assessment of Mycotoxin Exposure in a Rural County of Chile by Urinary Biomarker Determination
    (2021) Foerster, Claudia; Ríos-Gajardo, Gisela; Gómez, Patricia; Muñoz, Katherine; Cortés Arancibia, Sandra Isabel; Maldonado, Carlos; Ferreccio Readi, Fresia Catterina; CEDEUS (Chile)
    Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), ochratoxin A (OTA), zearalenone (ZEN), and deoxynivalenol (DON) are frequent mycotoxins that may cause carcinogenic, mutagenic, estrogenic, or gastrointestinal effects. The aim of this study was to assess the exposure to and risk from AFB1, OTA, ZEN, and DON in 172 participants of the Maule Cohort (MAUCO) by a biomarker analysis in urine and to associate their exposure with food consumption and occupation. Mycotoxins in the first morning urine were analyzed by solid-phase extraction and quantified by Ultra-High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with a mass–mass detector. Participants’ information regarding food consumption, occupation, and other characteristics was obtained from a baseline and 2-year follow-up survey of the cohort. The prevalence and mean levels of mycotoxins in the urine were as follows: DON 63%, 60.7 (±78.7) ng/mL; AFB1 8%, 0.3 (±0.3) ng/mL; α-zearalenol (α-ZEL) 4.1%, 41.8 (±115) ng/mL; β ZEL 3.5%, 17.4 (±16.1) ng/mL; AFM1 2%, 1.8 (±1.0) ng/mL; OTA 0.6% (1/172), 1.3 ng/mL; and ZEN 0.6%, 1.1 ng/mL. These results were translated into exposures of DON, ZEN, and aflatoxins of public health concern. Participants who consumed coffee and pepper the day before had a significantly greater presence of DON (OR: 2.3, CI95 1.17–4.96) and total ZEL (OR: 14.7, CI95 3.1–81.0), respectively, in their urine. Additionally, we observed associations between the habitual consumption of beer and DON (OR: 2.89, CI95 1.39– .42). Regarding the levels of mycotoxins and the amount of food consumed, we found correlations between DON and nuts (p = 0.003), total ZEL and cereals (p = 0.01), and aflatoxins with capsicum powder (p = 0.03) and walnuts (p = 0.03). Occupation did not show an association with the presence of mycotoxins in urine.
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    Association between public health policies on alcohol and worldwide cancer, liver disease and cardiovascular disease outcomes
    (Elsevier B.V., 2023) Diaz Piga, Luis Antonio; Fuentes, López Eduardo; Idalsoaga Ferrer, Francisco Javier; Ayares Campos, Gustavo Ignacio; Corsi Sotelo, Oscar Felipe; Arnold Alvarez, Jorge Ignacio; Cannistra Cadiz, Macarena Rossella; Vio Quiroz, Danae Fernanda; Marquez Lomas, Andrea; Ramirez Cadiz, Carolina Andrea; Medel Salas, María Paz; Hernández Tejero, María; Ferreccio Readi, Fresia Catterina; Lazo Bravo, Mariana Carolina; Roblero Cum, Juan Pablo; Cotter, Thomas G.; Kulkarni ,Anand V.; Kim, Won; Brahmania, Mayur; Louvet, Alexandre; Tapper, Elliot B.; Dunn, Winston; Simonetto, Douglas; Shah, Vijay H.; Kamath, Patrick S.; Lazarus, Jeffrey V.; Singal, Ashwabi K.; Bataller, Ramón; Arrese Jimenez, Marco Antonio; Arab Verdugo, Juan Pablo
    © 2023 The Author(s)Background & Aims: The long-term impact of alcohol-related public health policies (PHPs) on disease burden is unclear. We aimed to assess the association between alcohol-related PHPs and alcohol-related health consequences. Methods: We conducted an ecological multi-national study including 169 countries. We collected data on alcohol-related PHPs from the WHO Global Information System of Alcohol and Health 2010. Data on alcohol-related health consequences between 2010–2019 were obtained from the Global Burden of Disease database. We classified PHPs into five items, including criteria for low, moderate, and strong PHP establishment. We estimated an alcohol preparedness index (API) using multiple correspondence analysis (0 lowest and 100 highest establishment). We estimated an incidence rate ratio (IRR) for outcomes according to API using adjusted multilevel generalized linear models with a Poisson family distribution. Results: The median API in the 169 countries was 54 [IQR 34.9–76.8]. The API was inversely associated with alcohol use disorder (AUD) prevalence (IRR 0.13; 95% CI 0.03–0.60; p = 0.010), alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) mortality (IRR 0.14; 95% CI 0.03–0.79; p = 0.025), mortality due to neoplasms (IRR 0.09; 95% CI 0.02–0.40; p = 0.002), alcohol-attributable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) (IRR 0.13; 95% CI 0.02–0.65; p = 0.014), and cardiovascular diseases (IRR 0.09; 95% CI 0.02–0.41; p = 0.002). The highest associations were observed in the Americas, Africa, and Europe. These associations became stronger over time, and AUD prevalence was significantly lower after 2 years, while ALD mortality and alcohol-attributable HCC incidence decreased after 4 and 8 years from baseline API assessment, respectively (p <0.05). Conclusions: The API is a valuable instrument to quantify the robustness of alcohol-related PHP establishment. Lower AUD prevalence and lower mortality related to ALD, neoplasms, alcohol-attributable HCC, and cardiovascular diseases were observed in countries with a higher API. Our results encourage the development and strengthening of alcohol-related policies worldwide. Impact and implications: We first developed an alcohol preparedness index, an instrument to assess the existence of alcohol-related public policies for each country. We then evaluated the long-term association of the country's alcohol preparedness index in 2010 with the burden of chronic liver disease, hepatocellular carcinoma, other neoplasms, and cardiovascular disease. The strengthening of alcohol-related public health policies could impact long-term mortality rates from cardiovascular disease, neoplasms, and liver disease. These conditions are the main contributors to the global burden of disease related to alcohol use. Over time, this association has not only persisted but also grown stronger. Our results expand the preliminary evidence regarding the importance of public health policies in controlling alcohol-related health consequences.
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    Cohort profile: the Cohorts Consortium of Latin America and the Caribbean (CC-LAC)
    (2020) Carrillo Larco, Rodrigo M.; Di Cesare, Mariachiara ; Hambleton, Ian R.; Hennis, Anselm; Irazola, Vilma; Stern, Dalia; Ferreccio Readi, Fresia Catterina; Lotufo, Paulo; Perel, Pablo; Gregg, Edward W.; Ezzati, Majid; Goodarz, Danaei; Miranda, J. Jaime; Aguilar-Salinas, Carlos A.; Álvarez Váz, Ramón; Amadio, Marselle B.; Baccino, Cecilia; Arenas, Sandra; Bambs Sandoval, Claudia Elena; Cortés Arancibia, Sandra Isabel; Cohorts Consortium of Latin America and the Caribbean (CC-LAC)
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    Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents' growth and development
    (Nature Portfolio, 2023) Berrios Carrasola, Ximena; Echeverría Errázuriz, Guadalupe; Ferreccio Readi, Fresia Catterina; Margozzini Maira, Paula Andrea; Miquel Poblete, Juan Francisco; Nervi Oddone, Flavio; Rigotti Rivera, Attilio Gianpietro; Valdivia Cabrera, Gonzalo Sergio; Mishra, A.; Zhou, B.; Rodríguez-Martínez, A.; Bixby, H.; Singleton, R. K.; Carrillo-Larco, R. M.; Sheffer, K. E.; Paciorek, C. J.; Bennett, J. E.; Lhoste, V.; Lurilli, M. L.; Di Cesare, M.
    Optimal growth and development in childhood and adolescence is crucial for lifelong health and well-being1,2,3,4,5,6. Here we used data from 2,325 population-based studies, with measurements of height and weight from 71 million participants, to report the height and body-mass index (BMI) of children and adolescents aged 5–19 years on the basis of rural and urban place of residence in 200 countries and territories from 1990 to 2020. In 1990, children and adolescents residing in cities were taller than their rural counterparts in all but a few high-income countries. By 2020, the urban height advantage became smaller in most countries, and in many high-income western countries it reversed into a small urban-based disadvantage. The exception was for boys in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa and in some countries in Oceania, south Asia and the region of central Asia, Middle East and north Africa. In these countries, successive cohorts of boys from rural places either did not gain height or possibly became shorter, and hence fell further behind their urban peers. The difference between the age-standardized mean BMI of children in urban and rural areas was <1.1 kg m–2 in the vast majority of countries. Within this small range, BMI increased slightly more in cities than in rural areas, except in south Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and some countries in central and eastern Europe. Our results show that in much of the world, the growth and developmental advantages of living in cities have diminished in the twenty-first century, whereas in much of sub-Saharan Africa they have amplified.
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    Genotipos de virus papiloma humano (VPH) en pacientes con cáncer cérvico-uterino en un hospital público y una clínica privada de Santiago, Chile
    (2010) Valdivia Leiva, Isabel Margarita; Aguayo González, Francisco Renan; Pruyas A., Martha; Snijders, Peter J. F.; Corvalán Rodríguez, Alejandro; Ferreccio Readi, Fresia Catterina
    We compared HPV genotypes among squamous cervical cancer samples from a public hospital (n = 55) and a private clinic (n = 35 cases) of Santiago. Paraffin-embedded specimens were analyzed by PCR followed by an immunoenzimatic assay. Reverse line blotting was used for the identification of 36 HPV genotypes. We found HPV DNA in 94.4% of all cancers. Single infections: HPV16: 40.0%, (clinic 37.1%, hospital 41.8%) VPH18:7.8% (clinic 2.9%, hospital 10.9%); single+multiple infections: VPH16: 61.1% (clinic 53.1%, hospital 71.7%), VPH18: 34.4% (clinic 21.9%, hospital 45.2%). HPV16 or HPV18 occurred in 75.6% of cases, higher in the hospital than the clinic (87.3%-95% CI: 84.9-96.3 - and 57.1%-95% CI: 46.6-66 - respectively, p = 0.002). Other genotypes in single infections: HPV 26, 31, 33, 45, 58, 67; in co-infections: HPV 35,52,56,59 and 66. HPV16 but specially HPV18 were significantly more frequent in the public hospital; 75.6% of squamous cervical cancer were associated to the vaccine preventable HPV16/18.
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    Impact of common cardio metabolic risk factors on fatal and non fatal cardiovascular disease in Latin America and the Caribbean: an individual level pooled analysis of 31 cohort studies
    (Elsevier Ltd, 2021) Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M.; Stern, Dalia; Hambleton, Ian; Hennis, Anselm; Cesare, Mariachiara Di; Lotufo, Paulo; Ferreccio Readi, Fresia Catterina; Irazola, Vilma; Perel, Pablo; Gregg, Edward W.; Miranda, J. Jaime; Ezzati, Majid; Goodarz, Danaei; Aguilar-Salinas, Carlos A.; Alvarez-Váz, Ramón; Marselle B., Amadio; Baccino, Cecilia; Bambs Sandoval, Claudia Elena; Bastos, Joao Luiz; Cortés Arancibia, Sandra Isabel; Cohorts Consortium of Latin America and the Caribbean (CC-LAC)
    Background: estimates of the burden of cardio-metabolic risk factors in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) rely on relative risks (RRs) from non-LAC countries. Whether these RRs apply to LAC remains unknown. Methods: We pooled LAC cohorts. We estimated RRs per unit of exposure to body mass index (BMI), systolic blood pressure (SBP), fasting plasma glucose (FPG), total cholesterol (TC) and non-HDL cholesterol on fatal (31 cohorts, n=168,287) and non-fatal (13 cohorts, n=27,554) cardiovascular diseases, adjusting for regression dilution bias. We used these RRs and national data on mean risk factor levels to estimate the number of cardiovascular deaths attributable to non-optimal levels of each risk factor. Results: Our RRs for SBP, FPG and TC were like those observed in cohorts conducted in high-income countries; however, for BMI, our RRs were consistently smaller in people below 75 years of age. Across risk factors, we observed smaller RRs among older ages. Non-optimal SBP was responsible for the largest number of attributable cardiovascular deaths ranging from 38 per 100,000 women and 54 men in Peru, to 261 (Dominica, women) and 282 (Guyana, men). For non-HDL cholesterol, the lowest attributable rate was for women in Peru (21) and men in Guatemala (25), and the largest in men (158) and women (142) from Guyana. Interpretation: RRs for BMI from studies conducted in high-income countries may overestimate disease burden metrics in LAC; conversely, RRs for SBP, FPG and TC from LAC cohorts are similar to those estimated from cohorts in high-income countries. Funding: Wellcome Trust (214185/Z/18/Z)
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    Urinary Metal Levels in a Chilean Community 31 Years After the Dumping of Mine Tailings
    (2016) Cortés Arancibia, Sandra Isabel; Molina Lagos, Lucía; Burgos, Soledad; Adaros, Héctor; Ferreccio Readi, Fresia Catterina
    Background. Between 1938 and 1975, the city of Chañaral, located in the north of Chile, received 200 megatons of unregulated mining waste, which created an artificial beach 10 kilometers long and covering an area larger than 4 km2. In 1983, this deposit was classified as a serious case of marine pollution in the Pacific Ocean, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. In 1989, dumping ceased due to a judicial order. Until now, the effects of this pollution on the population living around these mine tailings has been unknown. Objective. To determine the revalence of exposure to metals by dust from mine tailings in Chañaral, a city located in the northern mining area of Chile. Methods. The level of urinary metals in a representative sample of adults from Chanaral was determined. Results. Urinary levels of total arsenic (44.6 μg/L), inorganic arsenic (17.0 μg/L) and nickel (2.8 μg/L) were higher than in other areas of Chile. Levels of copper (17.9 μg/L), mercury (1.6 μg/L) and lead (0.9 μg/L) exceeded international values. Of the total subjects, 67.5%, 30.4%, 29.4%, 16.9%, 13.2 and 9.3% presented with high levels of copper, nickel, total arsenic, inorganic arsenic, mercury and lead, respectively. Conclusion. Thirty-one years after suspension of the discharge of mining waste, the local population in this area remains exposed to metals from the mine tailings. Surveillance and remedial actions addressing the Chañaral mine tailings are needed. Patient Consent. Obtained Ethics Approval. The protocols and informed consent documents were approved by the Ethics Committee for Human Research of the School of Medicine of the University of Chile. Competing Interests. The authors declare no competing financial interests.