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Relations of body habitus, fitness level and cardiovascular risk factors including Lipoproteins and Apolipoproteins in a rural and urban Costa Rican population
(1991-07)
Increased general and abdominal obesity has been independently associated with diabetes,
increased risk of stroke, and coronary artery disease (CAD). It is more prevalent in developed
countries and in urban areas of ...
Siesta and the risk of coronary heart disease: results from a population-based, case-control study in Costa Rica
(2000)
Background The siesta (afternoon nap or rest), a common traditional behaviour in tropical areas, may increase the risk of myocardial infarction (MI) since the post siesta cardiovascular response very closely resembles the ...
Relationship of upper body fat distribution to serum glucose and lipids in a Costa Rican population
(1987)
Present models of the relation between subcutaneous fat distribution and serum biochemistries have been based largely on U.S. White populations. To determine interpopulational differences in that relation, we measured 68 ...
Nutrient intake comparisons between Framingham and rural and urban Puriscal, Costa Rica: associations with Lipoproteins, apolipoproteins and low density lipoprotein particle size
(1991-07)
To assess cross-cultural relations between dietary intake and plasma lipoproteins, we randomly
selected 222 men and 243 women from the urban and rural areas of Puriscal, Costa Rica;
related their dietary composition ...
Tobacco smoking modifies association between Gln-Arg 192 polymorphism of human paraoxonase gene and risk of myorcardial infarction
(2000)
Paraoxonase, a high density lipoprotein—associated human serum enzyme, plays a role in atherosclerosis by protecting against lipid peroxidation. Its activity is modulated by 2 common amino acid polymorphisms at positions ...
Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in rural and urban Puriscal
(1992)
Background. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is becoming more prevalent in developing countries, particularly in the urban areas, in contrast to the CAD mortality trends observed in some industrialized nations. Methods and ...
GSTT1 genotype modifies the association between cruciferous vegetable intake and the risk of myocardial infarction
(2007)
Background: Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) are associated with protection against components of the metabolic syndrome, but the role of α-linolenic acid (ALA), the metabolic precursor of EPA and ...
Socio-economic status and health awareness are associated with choice of cooking oil in Costa Rica
(2007)
Objective
To examine the socio-economic and lifestyle determinants of cooking oil choice in Costa Rica during the last decade (1994–2004).
Design
Cross-sectional study. Subjects (total n = 2274) belonged to the control ...
Genetic variants of the lipoprotein lipase gene and myocardial infarction in the Central Valley of Costa Rica
(2004)
To assess common variants of the LPL gene that could influence susceptibility to myocardial infarction (MI), we assessed three functional single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), D9N, N291S, and S447X, in 1,321 survivors ...
Intake of trans fatty acids and low-density lipoprotein size in a Costa Rican population
(2003)
Intervention studies show that dietary composition altered low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particle size, but population studies are scarce, and the potential effects of trans fatty acids (FA) on LDL size are unknown. Trans ...