artículo académico

• A Prospective Analysis of Red Blood Cell Trans Fatty Acid Levels and Risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.  Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention.  28:621-621. 2019
• Red meat consumption and metabolic syndrome in the Costa Rica Heart Study.  A Lys49-PLA2 myotoxin of Bothrops asper triggers a rapid death of macrophages that involves autocrine purinergic receptor signaling.  1-9. 2019
• A prospective analysis of circulating saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids and risk of non‐Hodgkin lymphoma.  International Journal of Cancer.  143:1914-1922. 2018
• Adaptación de un cuestionario de frecuencia alimentaria para evaluar la ingesta alimentaria en la costa caribeña de Costa Rica.  Revista Hispanoamericana de Ciencias de la Salud.  4:22-33. 2018
• Adipose tissue palmitoleic acid is inversely associated with nonfatal acute myocardial infarction in Costa Rican adults.  Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases.  28:973-979. 2018
• Erythrocyte membrane fatty acids and breast cancer risk: a prospective analysis in the nurses' health study II.  International Journal of Cancer.  142:1116-1129. 2018
• Fried food intake and risk of nonfatal acute myocardial infarction in the Costa Rica Heart Study.  PLoS ONE.  13:e0192960. 2018
• Venomic analysis of the poorly studied desert coral snake, Micrurus tschudii tschudii, supports the 3FTx/PLA2 dichotomy across Micrurus venoms.  Toxins.  15:178. 2018
• A novel fatty acid profile index--the lipophilic index--and risk of myocardial infarction.  American Journal of Epidemiology.  178:392-400. 2017
• Challenges and opportunities in establishing a collaborative multisite observational study of chronic diseases and lifestyle factors among adults in Puerto Rico.  BMC Public Health.  17:136. 2017
• Dietary habits and lifestyle among long-lived residents from the Nicoya Peninsula of Costa Rica.  Revista Hispanoamericana de Ciencias de la Salud.  3:53-60. 2017
• El registro de Cáncer de Costa Rica: características, evolución y modernización.  Revista Hispanoamericana de Ciencias de la Salud.  3:95-102. 2017
• PCSK9 variant, long-chain n–3 PUFAs, and risk of nonfatal myocardial infarction in Costa Rican Hispanics.  The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  105:1198-1203. 2017
• Plasma n6-fatty acid levels are associated with CD4 cell counts, hospitalization and mortality in HIV-infected patients.  Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.  73:598-605. 2017
• Red meat intake is positively associated with non-fatal acute myocardial infarction in the Costa Rica Heart Study.  British Journal of Nutrition.  118:303-311. 2017
• International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition.  Toxins.  8:138. 2016
• ω-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Biomarkers and Coronary Heart Disease Pooling Project of 19 Cohort Studies.  JAMA Internal Medicine.  176:1155-1166. 2016
• Blood fatty acid patterns are associated with prostate cancer risk in a prospective nested case–control study.  Cancer Causes & Control.  27:1153-1161. 2016
• Calcium imaging of muscle cells treated with snake myotoxins reveals toxin synergism and presence of acceptors.  Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences.  385:1718-1728. 2016
• Circulating Biomarkers of Dairy Fat and Risk of Incident Diabetes Mellitus Among Men and Women in the United States in Two Large Prospective Cohorts.  Circulation.  133:1645-1654. 2016
• Dietary fat and semen quality among men attending a fertility clinic.  Human Reproduction.  27:1466-1474. 2016
• Fasting whole blood as a biomarker of essential fatty acid intake in epidemiologic studies: comparison with adipose tissue and plasma.  American Journal of Epidemiology.  162:373-381. 2016
• High fiber and low starch intakes are associated with circulating intermediate biomarkers of type 2 diabetes among women.  The Journal of Nutrition.  146:306-317. 2016
• Lifestyle Cardiovascular Risk Score, Genetic Risk Score, and Myocardial Infarction in Hispanic/Latino Adults Living in Costa Rica.  Journal of the American Heart Association.  5:e004067. 2016
• N-formyl-perosamine surface homopolysaccharides hinder the recognition of Brucella abortus by mouse neutrophils.  Infection and Immunity.  84:1712-1721. 2016
• Red Meat Consumption and Risk of Nonfatal Acute Myocardial Infarction: Results From a Population-based Case-control Study in Costa Rica.  Circulation.  133. 2016
• Seasoning ingredient variety, but not quality, is associated with greater intake of beans and rice among urban Costa Rican adults.  Nutrition Research.  36:780-788. 2016
• Serum tocopherol levels and vitamin E intake are associated with lung function in the normative aging study.  Clinical Nutrition.  35:169-174. 2016
• Sugar-sweetened beverage intake, chromosome 9p21 variants, and risk of myocardial infarction in Hispanics.  The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  103:1179-1184. 2016
• Effect of geographical variation of Echis ocellatus, Naja nigricollis and Bitis arietans venoms on their neutralization by homologous and heterologous antivenoms.  Toxicon.  108:80-83. 2015
• Adipose tissue n-3 fatty acids and metabolic syndrom.  European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  69:114-120. 2015
• Carbohydrate quality and quantity and risk of type 2 diabetes in US women.  The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  102:1543-1553. 2015
• Circulating Very-Long-Chain Saturated Fatty Acids and Incident Coronary Heart Disease in US Men and Women.  Circulation.  132:260-268. 2015
• Diet, interleukin-17, and childhood asthma in Puerto Ricans.  Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.  115:288-293. 2015
• Enlace al artículo.  Public Health Nutrition.  18:3260-3264. 2015
• Fatty Acid Patterns and the Risk of Prostate Cancer in the Physicians' Health Study.  The FASEB Journal.  29:918. 2015
• Innovación en salud: Retos en los sistemas de salud en el campo de la nutrición.  Revista del Cuerpo Médico del HNAAA.  8:205-206. 2015
• Physical activity patterns and metabolic syndrome in Costa Rica.  Preventive Medicine.  70:39-45. 2015
• Plasma carotenoids and breast cancer risk in the Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort.  Cancer Causes & Control.  26:1233-1244. 2015
• Reducing the global burden of type 2 diabetes by improving the quality of staple foods: The Global Nutrition and Epidemiologic Transition Initiative.  Globalization and Health.  11:23. 2015
• Study design and methods for a randomized crossover trial substituting brown rice for white rice on diabetes risk factors in India.  International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition.  66:797-804. 2015
• Translational Nutrition: translation of nutrition research and innovation into efficient actions in public health and clinical practice.  Revista Hispanoamericana de Ciencias de la Salud.  1:72-73. 2015
• Cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes mortality burden of cardiometabolic risk factors from 1980 to 2010: a comparative risk assessment.  Lancet Diabetes Diabetes & Endocrinology.  2:634-647. 2014
• Circulating biomarkers of dairy fat and risk of incident stroke in U.S. men and women in 2 large prospective cohorts.  The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  100:1437-1447. 2014
• Derivation and validation of a risk score for contrast-induced nephropathy after cardiac catheterization in Chinese patients..  American Journal of Epidemiology.  18:892-100. 2014
• Docosahexaenoic Acid and Periodontitis in Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial.  Journal of Dental Research.  93:767-773. 2014
• Enlace al artículo.  Appetite.  81:200-208. 2014
• Immunological profile of antivenoms: Preclinical analysis of the efficacy of a polyspecific antivenom through antivenomics and neutralization assays.  Journal of Proteomics.  105:340-350. 2014
• Perceptions and behaviors of legume consumption among Puerto Rican adults.  Health Behavior and Policy Review.  1:38-49. 2014
• Vitamin E Tocopherol Isoforms And Lung Function In The Normative Aging Study.  American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.  189:A3774. 2014
• A case-control study of physical activity patterns and risk of non-fatal myocardial infarction.  BMC Public Health.  13:122. 2013
• A novel fatty acid lipophilic index and risk of CHD in US men: the health professionals follow-up study.  British Journal of Nutrition.  110:466-474. 2013
• Blood levels of saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids as markers of de novo lipogenesis and risk of prostate cancer.  American Journal of Epidemiology.  178:1246-1255. 2013
• Changes in dietary intake and food sources of saturated and cis and trans unsaturated fatty acids in Costa Rican adolescents: 1996 versus 2006.  Nutrition.  27:23. 2013
• Enlace al artículo.  Circulation.  127:143-152. 2013
• Enlace al artículo.  Bipolar Disorders.  15:206-214. 2013
• Fish intake during pregnancy and the risk of child asthma and allergic rhinitis–longitudinal evidence from the Danish National Birth Cohort.  British Journal of Nutrition.  110:1313-1325. 2013
• Impact of WHO recommendations to eliminate industrial trans-fatty acids from the food supply in Latin America and the Caribbean.  Health Policy and Planning.  29:529-541. 2013
• The global availability of n-3 fatty acids.  Circulation.  14:1157-1164. 2013
• Tropical Dry Forest in the Americas: The Tropi-dry endeavour.  Tropical Dry Forests in the Americas: Ecology, Conservation and Management.  1-16. 2013
• A symposium and workshop report from the Global Nutrition and Epidemiologic Transition Initiative: nutrition transition and the global burden of type 2 diabetes.  British Journal of Nutrition.  108:1325-1335. 2012
• Association between commercial and traditional sugar-sweetened beverages and measures of adiposity in Costa Rica.  Public Health Nutrition.  15:1347-1354. 2012
• Association of PLA2G4A with myocardial infarction is modulated by dietary PUFAs.  The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  95:959-965. 2012
• Biomarkers of dairy intake and the risk of heart disease 2012
• Circulating carotenoids and risk of breast cancer: pooled analysis of eight prospective studies.  Journal of the National Cancer Institute.  104:1905-1916. 2012
• Corrigendum to:“Tocopherol and carotenoid content of foods commonly consumed in Costa Rica”.  Journal of Food Composition and Analysis.  2:235-239. 2012
• Cross-sectional study of conjugated linoleic acid in adipose tissue and risk of diabetes.  The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  96:175-181. 2012
• Dietary intake and adipose tissue level of specific fatty acids in a selected group from the Lower Silesia population.  Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine.  19:389-394. 2012
• Fatty Acid desaturase gene variants, cardiovascular risk factors, and myocardial infarction in the costa rica study.  Frontiers in Genetics.  3:1-11. 2012
• Genetic polymorphisms in AHR and CYP1A2 are associated with habitual caffeine consumption and are modified by age and smoking.  The FASEB Journal.  26:1012-1012. 2012
• Genetic variation in fatty acid elongases is not associated with intermediate cardiovascular phenotypes or myocardial infarction.  European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  66:353-359. 2012
• Snake venomics of the pit vipers Porthidium nasutum, Porthidium ophryomegas, and Cerrophidion godmani from Costa Rica: Toxicological and taxonomical insights.  Journal of Proteomics.  75:1675-1689. 2012
• Substituting homemade fruit juice for sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with lower odds of metabolic syndrome among Hispanic adults.  The Journal of Nutrition.  142:1081-1087. 2012
• α-Linolenic acid and risk of cardiovascular disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.  The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  96:1262-1273. 2012
• A higher ratio of beans to white rice is associated with lower cardiometabolic risk factors in Costa Rican adults..  The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  94:869-876. 2011
• Changes in soil physical properties after conversion of tropical montane cloud forest to pasture in northern Costa Rica.  Tropical Montane Cloud Forests: Science for Conservation and Management.  502-515. 2011
• Correction: Reproducibility of Plasma and Urine Biomarkers among Premenopausal and Postmenopausal Women from the Nurses' Health Studies.  Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention.  20. 2011
• Development of a cardiovascular risk score for use in low-and middle-income countries.  The Journal of Nutrition.  141:1375-1380. 2011
• Genetic predictors for cardiovascular disease in hispanics.  Subject and authorship of records related to the Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) in BINABITROP, a comprehensive database about Costa Rican biology.  21:15-20. 2011
• Genetic risk score and risk of myocardial infarction in Hispanics.  Circulation.  123:374-380. 2011
• Genetic variation in stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 is associated with metabolic syndrome prevalence in Costa Rican adults.  The Journal of Nutrition.  141:2211-2218. 2011
• Preclinical evaluation of caprylic acid-fractionated igg antivenom for the treatment of taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus) envenoming in Papua New Guinea.  PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.  5. 2011
• Role of collagens and perlecan in microvascular stability: Exploring the mechanism of capillary vessel damage by snake venom metalloproteinases.  PLoS ONE.  6. 2011
• Smoking habits and the risk of non-fatal acute myocardial infarction in Costa Rica.  European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation.  18:467-474. 2011
• The effect of environmental cues and neurotransmitters on male sexuality of the eastern Pacific Penaeus (Litopenaeus) species.  Aquaculture.  316:60-67. 2011
• Tocopherol and carotenoid content of foods commonly consumed in Costa Rica.  American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.  24:202-216. 2011
• Trans–fatty acid levels in sperm are associated with sperm concentration among men from an infertility clinic.  Fertility and Sterility.  95:1794-1797. 2011
• Adipose tissue palmitoleic acid and obesity in humans: does it behave as a lipokine?.  The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  93:186-191. 2010
• Association of serotonin transporter promoter gene polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) with depression in Costa Rican schizophrenic patients.  Journal of Lipid Research.  24:462-472. 2010
• Conjugated linoleic acid in adipose tissue and risk of myocardial infarction.  The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  92:34-40. 2010
• Dietary Therapy in Hypertension REPLY.  The New England Journal of Medicine.  363:1580-1583. 2010
• Dietary interventions that lower lipoproteins containing apolipoprotein C-III are more effective in whites than in blacks: results of the OmniHeart trial.  The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  92:714-722. 2010
• Dietary therapy in hypertension.  The New England Journal of Medicine.  362:2102-2112. 2010
• Effect of pravastatin therapy on coronary events in carriers of the KIF6 719Arg allele from the cholesterol and recurrent events trial.  The American Journal of Cardiology.  105:1300-1305. 2010
• Investigation of KIF6 Trp719Arg in a Case-Control Study of Myocardial Infarction: A Costa Rican Population.  PLoS ONE.  5. 2010
• Pravastatin Therapy Among All Ethnic Groups of CARE Reduced Primary End Point Events in Carriers of the KIF6 719Arg Allele, but not in Noncarriers.  Journal of the American College of Cardiology.  55:A130-E1219. 2010
• Pre-treatment serum fatty acid levels and in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment outcome.  Fertility and Sterility.  94:S91-S92. 2010
• Reproducibility of plasma and urine biomarkers among premenopausal and postmenopausal women from the Nurses' Health Studies.  Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention.  19:938-946. 2010
• Reproducibility of plasma, red blood cell, and urine biomarkers among premenopausal and postmenopausal women from the Nurses' Health Studies.  Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention.  19:938-946. 2010
• Study of the design and analytical properties of the lethality neutralization assay used to estimate antivenom potency against Bothrops asper snake venom.  Biologicals.  38:577-585. 2010
• Trans‐Fatty Acid Isomers in Adipose Tissue Have Divergent Associations with Adiposity in Humans.  Lipids.  45:693-700. 2010
• West African and Amerindian ancestry and risk of myocardial infarction and metabolic syndrome in the Central Valley population of Costa Rica.  Human Genetics.  127:629-638. 2010
• A schizophrenia gene locus on chromosome 17q21 in a new set of families of Mexican and Central American ancestry: Evidence from the NIMH genetics of schizophrenia in Latino populations study.  American Journal of Psychiatry.  166:442-449. 2009
• Dietary patterns are associated with metabolic syndrome in adult Samoans.  The Journal of Nutrition.  139:1933-1943. 2009
• Does genetic variation in the Δ6-desaturase promoter modify the association between α-linolenic acid and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome?.  The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  89:920-925. 2009
• Effect of vitamin supplementation on breast milk concentrations of retinol, carotenoids and tocopherols in HIV-infected Tanzanian women.  European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  63:332-339. 2009
• Meta-analysis of 32 genome-wide linkage studies of schizophrenia.  210. Understanding the Preclinical Efficacy Profile of Antivenoms: From the Lethality Potency Assay to Antivenomics.  14:774-785. 2009
• Predictors of usage and fatty acid composition of cooking fats in Bogotá, Colombia.  Public Health Nutrition.  12:531-537. 2009
• Shear wave anisotropy beneath Nicaragua and Costa Rica: Implications for flow in the mantle wedge.  Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.  10. 2009
• Sperm fatty acid composition and its relationship with sperm concentration among men attending an infertility clinic.  Fertility and Sterility.  92:S42. 2009
• A prospective study of trans-fatty acid levels in blood and risk of prostate cancer.  Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention.  17:95-101. 2008
• Abdominal obesity and hyperglycemia mask the effect of a common APOC3 haplotype on the risk of myocardial infarction.  The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  87:1932-1938. 2008
• Association Between ADAMTS1 Matrix Metalloproteinase Gene Variation, Coronary Heart Disease, and Benefit of Statin Therapy.  Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology.  28:562-567. 2008
• Association of the Trp719Arg polymorphism in kinesin-like protein 6 with myocardial infarction and coronary heart disease in 2 prospective trials: the CARE and WOSCOPS trials.  Journal of the American College of Cardiology.  51:435-443. 2008
• Blood concentrations of individual long-chain n–3 fatty acids and risk of nonfatal myocardial infarction.  The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  88:216-223. 2008
• Comparison of 3 methods for identifying dietary patterns associated with risk of disease.  American Journal of Epidemiology.  168:1433-1443. 2008
• Effect of apolipoprotein E genotype and saturated fat intake on plasma lipids and myocardial infarction in the Central Valley of Costa Rica.  Human Biology.  79:637-648. 2008
• Effect of protein, unsaturated fat, and carbohydrate intakes on plasma apolipoprotein B and VLDL and LDL containing apolipoprotein C-III: results from the OmniHeart Trial.  The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  87:1623-1630. 2008
• Evolutionary rate heterogeneity of Alu repeats upstream of the APOA5 gene: do they regulate APOA5 expression?.  Journal of Human Genetics.  53:247-253. 2008
• Nutrigenetic association of the 5-lipoxygenase gene with myocardial infarction.  The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  88:934-940. 2008
• α-Linolenic acid and risk of nonfatal acute myocardial infarction.  Circulation.  118:339-345. 2008
• A prospective study of polyunsaturated fatty acid levels in blood and prostate cancer risk.  Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention.  16:1364-1370. 2007
• A prospective study of trans fatty acids in erythrocytes and risk of coronary heart disease.  Circulation.  115:1858-1865. 2007
• Adipose tissue arachidonic acid and the metabolic syndrome in Costa Rican adults.  Clinical Nutrition.  26:474-482. 2007
• Ala12 variant of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ gene (PPARG) is associated with higher polyunsaturated fat in adipose tissue and attenuates the protective effect of polyunsaturated fat intake on the risk of myocardial infarction.  The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  86:1238-1242. 2007
• Blood levels of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, aspirin, and the risk of colorectal cancer.  Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention.  16:314-321. 2007
• Coffee and myocardial infarction.  Epidemiology.  18:282-283. 2007
• Comparison between plasma and erythrocyte fatty acid content as biomarkers of fatty acid intake in US women.  The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  86:74-81. 2007
• Consumption of trans fats and estimated effects on coronary heart disease in Iran.  European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  61:1004-1010. 2007
• Fatty acid composition of Costa Rican foods including trans fatty acid content.  Journal of Food Composition and Analysis.  20:182-192. 2007
• Genetic polymorphism of the adenosine A2A receptor is associated with habitual caffeine consumption.  The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  86:240-244. 2007
• High content of trans fatty acids in commercial oils and fats commonly used by low and middle income families from Bogota, Colombia.  The FASEB Journal.  21:A674-A674. 2007
• Long-chain n− 6 polyunsaturated fatty acids in breast milk decrease the risk of HIV transmission through breastfeeding.  The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  86:682-689. 2007
• Nonfatal acute myocardial infarction in Costa Rica: modifiable risk factors, population-attributable risks, and adherence to dietary guidelines.  Circulation.  115:1075-1081. 2007
• Plasma and erythrocyte biomarkers of dairy fat intake and risk of ischemic heart disease.  The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  86:929-937. 2007
• Socio-economic status and health awareness are associated with choice of cooking oil in Costa Rica.  Public Health Nutrition.  10:1214-1222. 2007
• Translating research into action: a case study on trans fatty acid research and nutrition policy in Costa Rica.  Health Policy and Planning.  22:363-374. 2007
• Trends in snakebite envenomation therapy: Scientific, technological and public health considerations.  Current Pharmaceutical Design.  13:2935-2950. 2007
• Triggers of nonfatal myocardial infarction in Costa Rica: heavy physical exertion, sexual activity, and infection.  Annals of Epidemiology.  17:112-118. 2007
• Validation of a food frequency questionnaire measurement of selected nutrients using biological markers in African-American men.  European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  61:1328-1336. 2007
• α-Linolenic acid, Δ6-desaturase gene polymorphism, and the risk of nonfatal myocardial infarction.  The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  85:554-560. 2007
• A common deletion in the promoter of the delta-6 desaturase gene is associated with high plasma triglycerides and low arachidonic acid and EPA in tissues.  The FASEB Journal.  20:A1032-A1033. 2006
• A genetic variant at the fatty acid-binding protein aP2 locus reduces the risk for hypertriglyceridemia, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.  103:6970-6975. 2006
• Asp92Asn polymorphism in the myeloid IgA Fc receptor is associated with myocardial infarction in two disparate populations: CARE and WOSCOPS.  Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology.  26:2763-2768. 2006
• Associations of cord blood fatty acids with lymphocyte proliferation, IL-13, and IFN-γ.  The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.  117:931-938. 2006
• Coffee, Myocardial Infarction, and CYP Nomenclature—Reply.  JAMA Internal Medicine.  296:764-766. 2006
• Dietary patterns and risk of nonfatal acute myocardial infarction in Costa Rican adults.  European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  60:770-777. 2006
• The relation between trans fatty acid levels and increased risk of myocardial infarction does not hold at lower levels of trans fatty acids in the Costa Rican food supply.  The Journal of Nutrition.  136:2887-2892. 2006
• The use of fatty acid biomarkers to reflect dietary intake.  Current Opinion in Lipidology.  17:22-27. 2006
• Transient exposure to coffee as a trigger of a first nonfatal myocardial infarction.  Epidemiology.  17:506-511. 2006
• APOC3/A5 haplotypes, lipid levels, and risk of myocardial infarction in the Central Valley of Costa Rica.  Journal of Lipid Research.  46:2605-2613. 2005
• Alcohol intake, drinking patterns, and risk of nonfatal acute myocardial infarction in Costa Rica.  The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  82:1336-1345. 2005
• Assessment of a dietary questionnaire in cancer patients receiving cytotoxic chemotherapy.  Journal of Clinical Oncology.  23:8453-8460. 2005
• Decreased consumption of dried mature beans is positively associated with urbanization and nonfatal acute myocardial infarction.  The Journal of Nutrition.  135:1770-1775. 2005
• Diurnal and acute patterns of postprandial apolipoprotein B-48 in VLDL, IDL, and LDL from normolipidemic humans.  Atherosclerosis.  181:345-351. 2005
• Plasma carotenoids, retinol, and tocopherols and risk of breast cancer.  American Journal of Epidemiology.  161:153-160. 2005
• Saturated and cis-and trans-unsaturated fatty acids intake in rural and urban Costa Rican adolescents.  Journal of the American College of Nutrition.  24:286-293. 2005
• The type of oil used for cooking is associated with the risk of nonfatal acute myocardial infarction in Costa Rica.  The Journal of Nutrition.  135:2674-2679. 2005
• Arachidonic acid in adipose tissue is associated with nonfatal acute myocardial infarction in the central valley of Costa Rica.  The Journal of Nutrition.  134:3095-3099. 2004
• Carotenoid concentrations in vegetables and fruits common to the Costa Rican diet.  International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition.  55:101-113. 2004
• Costa Rican adolescents have a deleterious nutritional profile as compared to adults in terms of lower dietary and plasma concentrations of antioxidant micronutrients 2004
• Differences in low density lipoprotein subfractions and apolipoproteins in premenopausal and postmenopausal women.  Isolation from a polyvalent antivenom of antibodies to a myotoxin in Bothrops asper snake venom.  67:30-35. 2004
• Effect of the combination of methyltestosterone and esterified estrogens compared with esterified estrogens alone on apolipoprotein CIII and other apolipoproteins in very low density, low density, and high density lipoproteins in surgically postmenopausal women.  Isolation from a polyvalent antivenom of antibodies to a myotoxin in Bothrops asper snake venom.  89:2207-2213. 2004
• Genetic polymorphism of CYP1A2 increases the risk of myocardial infarction.  Journal of Medical Genetics.  41:758-762. 2004
• Genetic variants of the lipoprotein lipase gene and myocardial infarction in the Central Valley of Costa Rica.  Journal of Lipid Research.  45:2106-2109. 2004
• Prospective study of plasma carotenoids and tocopherols in relation to risk of ischemic stroke.  Stroke.  35:1584-1588. 2004
• Transmission disequilibrium test (TDT) for case–control studies.  European Journal of Human Genetics.  12:105-114. 2004
• Adipose tissue α-linolenic acid and nonfatal acute myocardial infarction in Costa Rica.  Circulation.  107:1586-1591. 2003
• B vitamins and plasma homocysteine concentrations in an urban and rural area of Costa Rica.  Journal of the American College of Nutrition.  22:224-231. 2003
• High 18:2 Trans-Fatty Acids in Adipose Tissue Are Associated with Increased Risk of Nonfatal Acute Myocardial Infarction in Costa Rican Adults.  The Journal of Nutrition.  133:1186-1191. 2003
• Hypertriglyceridemia but not diabetes status is associated with VLDL containing apolipoprotein CIII in patients with coronary heart disease.  Atherosclerosis.  167:293-302. 2003
• Individual saturated fatty acids and nonfatal acute myocardial infarction in Costa Rica.  European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  57:1447-1457. 2003
• Intake of trans fatty acids and low-density lipoprotein size in a Costa Rican population.  Metabolism Clinical and Experimental.  52:693-698. 2003
• Interaction between the APOC3 gene promoter polymorphisms, saturated fat intake and plasma lipoproteins.  Atherosclerosis.  170:307-313. 2003
• Low-density lipoprotein size and cardiovascular disease: a reappraisal.  Isolation from a polyvalent antivenom of antibodies to a myotoxin in Bothrops asper snake venom.  88:4525-4532. 2003
• Plasma carotenoids and tocopherols and risk of myocardial infarction in a low-risk population of US male physicians.  Circulation.  108:802-807. 2003
• Blood levels of long-chain n–3 fatty acids and the risk of sudden death.  The New England Journal of Medicine.  346:1113-1118. 2002
• Comparison of dietary intakes of micro-and macronutrients in rural, suburban and urban populations in Costa Rica.  Public Health Nutrition.  5:835-842. 2002
• Dietary and adipose tissue gamma-tocopherol and risk of myocardial infarction.  Epidemiology.  13:216-223. 2002
• Fish consumption, fish oil, omega-3 fatty acids, and cardiovascular disease.  Circulation.  106:2747-2757. 2002
• Individual carotenoid concentrations in adipose tissue and plasma as biomarkers of dietary intake.  The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  76:172-179. 2002
• Is the Size of Low-Density Lipoprotein Particles Related to the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease?—Reply.  JAMA Internal Medicine.  287:712-713. 2002
• AHA scientific statement: summary of the scientific conference on dietary fatty acids and cardiovascular health: conference summary from the nutrition committee of the American Heart Association.  The Journal of Nutrition.  131:1322-1326. 2001
• Application of the method of triads to evaluate the performance of food frequency questionnaires and biomarkers as indicators of long-term dietary intake.  American Journal of Epidemiology.  154:1126-1135. 2001
• Ent-Clerodane derivatives from Chromolaena connivens.  JAMA Internal Medicine.  28:1468-1474. 2001
• Gene‐diet interactions and plasma lipoproteins: Role of apolipoprotein E and habitual saturated fat intake.  American Journal of Epidemiology.  20:117-128. 2001
• Population-based study of α-and γ-tocopherol in plasma and adipose tissue as biomarkers of intake in Costa Rican adults.  The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  74:356-363. 2001
• Summary of the scientific conference on dietary fatty acids and cardiovascular health: conference summary from the nutrition committee of the American Heart Association.  Circulation.  103:1034-1039. 2001
• Distinct patterns of apo B lipoproteins defined by apo CIII or E in hyperlipidemias.  Atherosclerosis.  151:172-172. 2000
• Siesta and the risk of coronary heart disease: results from a population-based, case-control study in Costa Rica.  International Journal of Epidemiology.  29:429-437. 2000
• Tobacco smoking modifies association between Gln-Arg192 polymorphism of human paraoxonase gene and risk of myocardial infarction.  Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology.  20:2120-2126. 2000
• Effects of estrogenic oral contraceptives on the lipoprotein B particle system defined by apolipoproteins E and C-III content.  Journal of Lipid Research.  40:202-212. 1999
• Change in dietary saturated fat intake is correlated with change in mass of large low-density-lipoprotein particles in men.  The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  67:828-836. 1998
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• Effect of estrogen on very low density lipoprotein and low density lipoprotein subclass metabolism in postmenopausal women.  Isolation from a polyvalent antivenom of antibodies to a myotoxin in Bothrops asper snake venom.  82:3955-3963. 1997
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