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AUTHOR
M. José Sánchez
Fitoesteroles plasmáticos: marcadores de una dieta saludable y un riesgo cardiometabólico menor en la población española del estudio EPIC
Resumen Introduccion Las concentraciones elevadas de fitoesteroles plasmaticos, que reflejan una mayor absorcion intestinal de colesterol se han relacionado con un aumento del riesgo cardiovascular. Sin embargo, una situacion de riesgo alto, el sindrome metabolico (SM), se asocia a un aumento de la sintesis y una disminucion de la absorcion de colesterol y, por tanto, a una menor fitoesterolemia. En este estudio hemos investigado la relacion entre los fitoesteroles del plasma y la dieta y la presencia de factores de riesgo cardiovascular, incluidos los componentes del SM. Metodos y resultados En un estudio transversal, se evaluaron la ingesta de fitoesteroles y concentraciones plasmaticas d…
Incidence Patterns and Trends of non-Central Nervous System Solid Tumours in Children and Adolescents. A Collaborative Study of the Spanish Population Based Cancer Registries
Journal Article; OBJECTIVE To describe incidence patterns and trends in children (0-14 years) and adolescents (15-19 age-range) with solid tumours, except those of central nervous system (CNS), in Spain. METHODS Cases were drawn from eleven Spanish population-based cancer registries. Incidence was estimated for the period 1983-2007 and trends were evaluated using Joinpoint regression analysis. RESULTS The studied tumour groups accounted for 36% of total childhood cancers and 47.6% of those diagnosed in adolescence with annual rates per million of 53.5 and 89.3 respectively. In children 0 to 14 years of age, Neuroblastoma (NB) was the commonest (7.8%) followed by Soft-tissue sarcomas (STS) (…