Marta Blasco Alonso
Minuto Experto 160
Letalidad del COVID-19: ausencia de patrón epidemiológico
Objetivo: Analizar un conjunto de indicadores para comprender la variabilidad de la evolución y el impacto de la epidemia de COVID-19. Método: Estudio ecológico de países con más de 200 casos notificados. Se han analizado variables demográficas, de gasto sanitario y de características de los servicios sanitarios como variables explicativas, y las tasas de incidencia,…
Serologic markers of Chlamydia trachomatis and other sexually transmitted infections and subsequent ovarian cancer risk: Results from the EPIC cohort
A substantial proportion of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) arises in the fallopian tube and other epithelia of the upper genital tract; these epithelia may incur damage and neoplastic transformation following sexually transmitted infections (STI) and pelvic inflammatory disease. We investigated the hypothesis that past STI infection, particularly Chlamydia trachomatis, is associated with higher EOC risk in…
Historical exposure to non-persistent environmental pollutants and risk of type 2 diabetes in a Spanish sub-cohort from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study
Background Environmental factors are believed to account for a substantial burden of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Non-persistent environmental pollutants (npEPs) are a group of widely-used chemicals identified as endocrine/metabolic disrupting chemicals and obesogens. The aim of this study was to analyse the potential associations of serum levels of three groups of npEPs with the…
