Eliseo Guallar

The association of biomarkers of iron status with peripheral arterial disease in US adults (2009)

Menke, Andy, Fernández-Real, José, Muntner, Paul, Guallar, Eliseo

Abstract Background Several studies have examined the association of biomarkers of iron metabolism with measures of carotid artery atherosclerosis, with inconsistent results. Few studies, however,...

Antioxidant Enzyme Activity and Coronary Heart Disease: Meta-analyses of Observational Studies (2009)

Flores-Mateo, Gemma, Carrillo-Santisteve, Paloma, Elosua, Roberto, Guallar, Eliseo, Marrugat, Jaume, Bleys, Joachim, ...

Controversial data exist concerning the relation between the activities of scavenger antioxidant enzymes and coronary heart disease (CHD) risk. The authors report updated meta-analyses of studies...

Serum Selenium and Peripheral Arterial Disease: Results From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2003-2004 (2009)

Bleys, Joachim, Navas-Acien, Ana, Laclaustra, Martin, Pastor-Barriuso, Roberto, Menke, Andy, Ordovas, Jose, ...

The authors conducted a cross-sectional study of the association of serum selenium with the prevalence of peripheral arterial disease among 2,062 US men and women 40 years of age or older...

Blood Cadmium and Lead and Chronic Kidney Disease in US Adults: A Joint Analysis (2009)

Navas-Acien, Ana, Tellez-Plaza, Maria, Guallar, Eliseo, Muntner, Paul, Silbergeld, Ellen, Jaar, Bernard, ...

Environmental cadmium and lead exposures are widespread, and both metals are nephrotoxic at high exposure levels. Few studies have evaluated the associations between low-level cadmium and clinical...

The association of urinary cadmium with sex steroid hormone concentrations in a general population sample of US adult men (2008)

Menke, Andy, Guallar, Eliseo, Shiels, Meredith S, Rohrmann, Sabine, Basaria, Shehzad, Rifai, Nader, ...

Abstract Background Studies investigating the association of cadmium and sex steroid hormones in men have been inconsistent, but previous studies were relatively small. Methods In a nationally...

A Prospective Study of Plasma Ferritin Level and Incident Diabetes: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study (2007)

Jehn, Megan L., Guallar, Eliseo, Clark, Jeanne M., Couper, David, Duncan, Bruce B., Ballantyne, Christie M., ...

The authors performed a case-cohort study nested within the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study to determine the association between plasma ferritin level and risk of type 2 diabetes...

Impact of Energy Intake, Physical Activity, and Population-wide Weight Loss on Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Mortality in Cuba, 1980 2005 (2007)

Franco, Manuel, Orduñez, Pedro, Caballero, Benjamín, Tapia Granados, José A., Lazo, Mariana, Bernal, José Luís, ...

Cuba's economic crisis of 1989–2000 resulted in reduced energy intake, increased physical activity, and sustained population-wide weight loss. The authors evaluated the possible association of...

A Prospective Study of Plasma Ferritin Level and Incident Diabetes: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study (2007)

Jehn, Megan L., Guallar, Eliseo, Clark, Jeanne M., Couper, David, Duncan, Bruce B., Ballantyne, Christie M., ...

The authors performed a case-cohort study nested within the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study to determine the association between plasma ferritin level and risk of type 2 diabetes...

Confounding of the Relation between Homocysteine and Peripheral Arterial Disease by Lead, Cadmium, and Renal Function (2006)

Guallar, Eliseo, Silbergeld, Ellen K., Navas-Acien, Ana, Malhotra, Saurabh, Astor, Brad C., Sharrett, A. Richey, ...

Homocysteine levels are associated with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in observational studies. Lead and cadmium are risk factors for PAD that affect thiol metabolism, and they may partly explain...

Low Toenail Chromium Concentration and Increased Risk of Nonfatal Myocardial Infarction (2005)

Guallar, Eliseo, Jiménez, F. Javier, Van 't Veer, Pieter, Bode, Peter, Riemersma, Rudolph A., Gómez-Aracena, Jorge, ...

Chromium intake may increase insulin sensitivity, glucose tolerance, and the ratio of high density lipoprotein cholesterol to low density lipoprotein cholesterol. However, the epidemiologic evidence...

Arsenic Exposure and Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review of the Epidemiologic Evidence (2005)

Navas-Acien, Ana, Sharrett, A. Richey, Silbergeld, Ellen K., Schwartz, Brian S., Nachman, Keeve E., Burke, Thomas A., ...

Arsenic exposure is a likely cause of blackfoot disease and a potential risk factor for atherosclerosis. The authors performed a systematic review of the epidemiologic evidence on the association...

Body Mass Index and Incident Ischemic Heart Disease in South Korean Men and Women (2005)

Jee, Sun Ha, Pastor-Barriuso, Roberto, Appel, Lawrence J., Suh, Il, Miller, Edgar R., Guallar, Eliseo

Asian populations have a higher body fat percentage for a given body mass index (BMI) than Caucasians. However, little information is available on the association of BMI with ischemic heart disease...

Arsenic Exposure and Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review of the Epidemiologic Evidence (2005)

Navas-Acien, Ana, Sharrett, A. Richey, Silbergeld, Ellen K., Schwartz, Brian S., Nachman, Keeve E., Burke, Thomas A., ...

Arsenic exposure is a likely cause of blackfoot disease and a potential risk factor for atherosclerosis. The authors performed a systematic review of the epidemiologic evidence on the association...

Physical Activity, APOE Genotype, and Dementia Risk: Findings from the Cardiovascular Health Cognition Study (2005)

Podewils, Laura Jean, Guallar, Eliseo, Kuller, Lewis H., Fried, Linda P., Lopez, Oscar L., Carlson, Michelle, ...

Physical activity may help preserve cognitive function and decrease dementia risk, but epidemiologic findings are inconsistent. The authors conducted a prospective study to determine the association...

Low Toenail Chromium Concentration and Increased Risk of Nonfatal Myocardial Infarction (2005)

Guallar, Eliseo, Jiménez, F. Javier, Van 't Veer, Pieter, Bode, Peter, Riemersma, Rudolph A., Gómez-Aracena, Jorge, ...

Chromium intake may increase insulin sensitivity, glucose tolerance, and the ratio of high density lipoprotein cholesterol to low density lipoprotein cholesterol. However, the epidemiologic evidence...

Low Toenail Chromium Concentration and Increased Risk of Nonfatal Myocardial Infarction (2005)

Guallar, Eliseo, Jiménez, F. Javier, Van 't Veer, Pieter, Bode, Peter, Riemersma, Rudolph A., Gómez-Aracena, Jorge, ...

Chromium intake may increase insulin sensitivity, glucose tolerance, and the ratio of high density lipoprotein cholesterol to low density lipoprotein cholesterol. However, the epidemiologic evidence...

Arsenic Exposure and Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review of the Epidemiologic Evidence (2005)

Navas-Acien, Ana, Sharrett, A. Richey, Silbergeld, Ellen K., Schwartz, Brian S., Nachman, Keeve E., Burke, Thomas A., ...

Arsenic exposure is a likely cause of blackfoot disease and a potential risk factor for atherosclerosis. The authors performed a systematic review of the epidemiologic evidence on the association...

Use of Two-segmented Logistic Regression to Estimate Change-points in Epidemiologic Studies (1998)

Pastor, Roberto, Guallar, Eliseo

In many epidemiologic data, the dose-response relation between a continuous exposure and the risk of disease abruptly changes when the exposure variable reaches an unknown threshold level, the...

Age-Period-Cohort Analysis of Suicide Mortality Rates in Spain, 1959-1991 (1996)

GRANIZO, JUAN J, GUALLAR, ELISEO, RODRÍGUEZ-ARTALEJO, FERNANDO

Background Although there is evidence that suicide rates may be Increasing in Spain, formal epldemiological studies have been limited to specific cities or counties. The objective of this study was...

Metals in Urine and Peripheral Arterial Disease

Navas-Acien, Ana, Silbergeld, Ellen K., Sharrett, A. Richey, Calderon-Aranda, Emma, Selvin, Elizabeth, Guallar, Eliseo

Exposure to metals may promote atherosclerosis. Blood cadmium and lead were associated with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in the 1999–2000 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey...

Arsenic Exposure and Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review of the Experimental and Epidemiologic Evidence

Navas-Acien, Ana, Silbergeld, Ellen K., Streeter, Robin A., Clark, Jeanne M., Burke, Thomas A., Guallar, Eliseo

Chronic arsenic exposure has been suggested to contribute to diabetes development. We performed a systematic review of the experimental and epidemiologic evidence on the association of arsenic and...

Metals in Urine and Peripheral Arterial Disease

Navas-Acien, Ana, Silbergeld, Ellen K., Sharrett, A. Richey, Calderon-Aranda, Emma, Selvin, Elizabeth, Guallar, Eliseo

Exposure to metals may promote atherosclerosis. Blood cadmium and lead were associated with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in the 1999–2000 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey...

Arsenic Exposure and Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review of the Experimental and Epidemiologic Evidence

Navas-Acien, Ana, Silbergeld, Ellen K., Streeter, Robin A., Clark, Jeanne M., Burke, Thomas A., Guallar, Eliseo

Chronic arsenic exposure has been suggested to contribute to diabetes development. We performed a systematic review of the experimental and epidemiologic evidence on the association of arsenic and...

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Haemophilus influenzae Type b Vaccination in Children in Spain

F. Javier Jimenez, Pilar Guallar-Castillon, Carlos Rubio Terres, Eliseo Guallar

Objective: Invasive disease caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), including meningitis, pneumonia, sepsis and epiglottitis, is associated with high mortality and serious neurological...