Walking and cycling, as active transportation, and obesity factors in adolescents from eight countries by Gerson Ferrari, Clemens Drenowatz, Irina Kovalskys, Georgina Gómez, Attilio Rigotti, Lilia Yadira Cortés, Martha Yépez García, Rossina G. Pareja, Marianella Herrera-Cuenca, Ana Paula Del’Arco, Miguel Peralta, Adilson Marques, Ana Carolina B. Leme, Kabir P. Sadarangani, Juan Guzmán-Habinger, Javiera Lobos Chaves, Mauro Fisberg

“…Methods Population-based study with 671 adolescents (mean age: 15.9 [standard deviation: 0.8] years) from eight countries participating in the Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health/Estudio Latino Americano Nutrition y Salud (ELANS). …”
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Are the different cut-off points for sitting time associated with excess weight in adults? A population based study in Latin America by Eduardo Rossato de Victo, Irina Kovalskys, Mauro Fisberg, Georgina Gómez, Attilio Rigotti, Lilia Yadira Cortés, Martha Yépez García, Rossina G. Pareja, Marianella Herrera-Cuenca, Dirceu Solé, Clemens Drenowatz, Adilson Marques, Gerson Ferrari

“…Methods Data from the Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health (ELANS), a cross-sectional population-based survey conducted in eight Latin American countries, were used. …”
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Psychiatric Comorbidity and Length of Stay in a general hospital by R. Fernández Fernández, P. del Sol Calderón, Á. Izquierdo de la Puente, R. Blanco Fernández, M. Martín García

“…This impacts, among other things, the average hospital stay of a patient with psychiatric comorbidity. For example, an American study shows that psychiatric comorbidity was associated with greater inpatient utilization, including the risk of additional hospitalizations, days of stay, and hospitalization charges (Sayers et al., 2007). …”
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2329 by Rheanna Platt, Elisabet Arribas-Ibar

“…The verbally administered survey included the Woman Abuse Screening Tool (WAST), AUDIT-C, Primary Care Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PC-PTSD) Screener, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS), Appraisal Support Subscale from Interpersonal Support Evaluation List (ISEL), Personal Health Questionnaire Depression Scale (PHQ-8), and Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-2). …”
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