Elinor Wilson
University of Rochester
9 Papers
Elinor Wilson is an academic researcher from University of Rochester. The author has contributed to research in topics: Abdominal obesity & Population. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 9 publications.
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Papers
Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome in Latin America and its association with sub-clinical carotid atherosclerosis: the CARMELA cross sectional study
Jorge Escobedo,Herman Schargrodsky,Beatriz Champagne,Honorio Silva,Carlos Boissonnet,Raul Vinueza,Marta E Torres,Rafael Hernández Hernández,Elinor Wilson +8 more
TL;DR: The prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components by NCEP ATP III criteria was substantial across cities, ranging from 14% to 27%.
Hypertension in seven Latin American cities: the Cardiovascular Risk Factor Multiple Evaluation in Latin America (CARMELA) study.
Rafael Hernández-Hernández,Honorio Silva,Manuel Velasco,Fabio Pellegrini,Alejandro Macchia,Jorge Escobedo,Raul Vinueza,Herman Schargrodsky,Beatriz Champagne,Palmira Pramparo,Elinor Wilson +10 more
TL;DR: From 13.4 to 44.2% of the populations of seven major Latin American cities were hypertensive or had high normal BP values, suggesting public health programs need to target prevention, detection, treatment, and control of total cardiovascular risk in Latin America.
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Tobacco smoking in seven Latin American cities: the CARMELA study
Beatriz Champagne,Ernesto M. Sebrié,Herman Schargrodsky,Palmira Pramparo,Carlos Boissonnet,Elinor Wilson +5 more
TL;DR: Smoking prevalence was high in the seven CARMELA cities, although patterns of smoking varied among cities, and the highest prevalence of former smokers was found among men in Buenos Aires, Santiago and Lima.
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Educational inequalities in obesity, abdominal obesity, and metabolic syndrome in seven Latin American cities: the CARMELA Study:
Carlos Boissonnet,Herman Schargrodsky,Fabio Pellegrini,Alejandro Macchia,Beatriz Champagne,Elinor Wilson,Gianni Tognoni +6 more
TL;DR: Support is given to the hypothesis of obesity shifting to the poor and extended to the related concepts of abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome to be considered as a socially-generated disease and an indicator of socioeconomic disadvantage.
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Cardiovascular risk awareness, treatment, and control in urban Latin America.
Honorio Silva,Rafael Hernández-Hernández,Raul Vinueza,Manuel Velasco,Carlos Boissonnet,Jorge Escobedo,H Elif Silva,Palmira Pramparo,Elinor Wilson +8 more
TL;DR: There is a substantial need for increasing patient education, diagnosis, treatment, adherence, and control of cardiovascular risk factors in the 7 Latin American cities.
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