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Challenges Accessing Food, Water, Healthcare Services, and Medications During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Adults in Puerto Rico and Their Association with Self-Rated Health: Assessments of PR-CEAL
The COVID-19 pandemic created challenges in accessing food, water, medications, and healthcare services some of which are linked with lower self-rated health (SRH). These challenges have already been documente...
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Correction: Discovery and validation of plasma, saliva and multi-fluid plasma–saliva metabolomic scores predicting insulin resistance and diabetes progression or regression among Puerto Rican adults
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Discovery and validation of plasma, saliva and multi-fluid plasma–saliva metabolomic scores predicting insulin resistance and diabetes progression or regression among Puerto Rican adults
Many studies have examined the relationship between plasma metabolites and type 2 diabetes progression, but few have explored saliva and multi-fluid metabolites.
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Shift-and-persist strategies as a potential protective factor against symptoms of psychological distress among young adults in Puerto Rico
Residents of Puerto Rico are disproportionately exposed to social and environmental stressors (e.g., Hurricane María and the 2020 sequence of tremors) known to be associated with psychological distress. Shift-...
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Is Human Papilloma Virus Infection Linked to Periodontitis? A Narrative Review
Research suggests that periodontal tissue might serve as a reservoir for oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, while another hypothesis is that chronic inflammation of the tissue might perpetuate an infec...
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Transnational Mortality Comparisons Between Archipelago and Mainland Puerto Ricans
Puerto Ricans in the US experience higher deaths from diabetes and other causes compared to non-Hispanic Whites and other Hispanic groups. We compared mortality in Puerto Rico to that of Puerto Ricans in the U...
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High Prevalence of Diabetes and Prediabetes and Their Coexistence with Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Hispanic Community
This study examined the prevalence and association of diabetes mellitus (DM) and prediabetes with cardiovascular risk factors among Puerto Ricans adults. Data from a household survey of 857 adults aged 21–79 y...
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High Prevalence of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Hispanic Adolescents: Correlations with Adipocytokines and Markers of Inflammation
This study assessed the association of cardiometabolic risk factors with systemic inflammation, insulin resistance, and adypocytokines in a Hispanic adolescent subgroup. A clinic-based sample of 101 Puerto Ric...
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Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity and Their Cardiometabolic Comorbidities in Hispanic Adults Living in Puerto Rico
This study characterized the prevalence of overweight and obesity and assessed their cardiometabolic comorbidities in the population aged 21–79 years living in the San Juan metropolitan area of Puerto Rico. We...
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Addressing Health Disparities Among Men: Demographic, Behavioral, and Clinical Characteristics of Men Who Have Sex with Men in Puerto Rico
The objective of this study was to compare sociodemographic, behavioral, and clinical characteristics associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among men who have sex with men (MSM) and men who have s...
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Association of Cigarette Smoking and Metabolic Syndrome in a Puerto Rican Adult Population
Metabolic syndrome (MetSyn) is related to an increased risk for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Smokers are at greater risk than nonsmokers of becoming insulin resistant and to develop cardiovascul...
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Knowledge of Viral Hepatitis Among Puerto Rican Adults: Implications for Prevention
Although primary prevention of HAV and HBV can be achieved through vaccination, the burden of HCV can only be reduced through behavioral interventions to reduce its risk factors. This study evaluated knowledge...
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Open AccessIncidence and mortality rates of selected infection-related cancers in Puerto Rico and in the United States
In 2002, 17.8% of the global cancer burden was attributable to infections. This study assessed the age-standardized incidence and mortality rates of stomach, liver, and cervical cancer in Puerto Rico (PR) for ...
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Open AccessSeroepidemiology of viral hepatitis, HIV and herpes simplex type 2 in the household population aged 21-64 years in Puerto Rico
Viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are key public health problems that pose an enormous risk for disease transmission in the general population. This study estimated, for the first time...
