Cynthia M Pérez
Biographic Data
| ID | 129783 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cynthia M Pérez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cynthia M |
| FAMILY NAME | Pérez |
| SIGNATURE | PÉREZ C M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5172-3589 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Stylistic applicatives: A lens into the nature of anticausative SE
This is an accepted article with a DOI pre-assigned that is not yet published.This paper deals with an understudied syntactic phenomenon in Chilean Spanish: stylistic applicatives. I contend that it offers evidence supporting the claim that SE contributes no meaning to anticausative predicates in Spanish. In these constructions, the presence or absence of SE does not alter the interpretation of the sentence, which shows that SE is devoid of seman…
Clausal doubling produces phantom islands
Clausal doubling in Spanish seemingly displays “island effects”, i.e., the construction is unacceptable if the doubled clause is located within a syntactic island. In this paper, we argue that these restrictions are cases of phantom islands, that is, not the result of true syntactic island violations, but rather a byproduct of the information structure of the doubling pattern. We maintain that these effects arise from the dislocated clause being …
Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: A pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults
BACKGROUND: Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of underweight or thinness and obesity, and their changes, from 1990 to 2022 for adults and school-aged children and adolescents in 200 countries and territories. METHODS: ). For school-aged children and adolescents, we report thinness (BMI 2 SD above the median). FINDINGS: From 1990 to 20…
The Puerto Rico community engagement alliance (PR-Ceal) against Covid-19 disparities: Outreach and research engagement efforts in disproportionately affected communities
In September 2020, the National Institutes of Health acted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, recognizing the critical need to combat misinformation, particularly in communities disproportionately affected by the crisis. The Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) emerged as an initiative dedicated to fostering reliable, science-based information, diversity, and inclusion; aiming to implement effective strategies to mitigate the spread of COVID-1…
The Association between Food Insecurity and Insomnia Symptoms among Young Adults in Puerto Rico and the Mediating Role of Psychological Distress Symptoms
Residents of Puerto Rico face a high burden of food insecurity (FI), which has been associated with insomnia symptoms (IS). However, this association remains understudied in Puerto Rican young adults, a vulnerable group experiencing an elevated prevalence of FI and poor sleep. We evaluated the association between FI and IS and the mediating role of psychological distress symptoms among young adults in Puerto Rico. Data are derived from the PR-OUT…
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
A cautionary comment on the morphological status of inclusive –e in Spanish
This squib discusses several alternative grammatical treatments for inclusive -e in Spanish. It shows that the available data does not allow to prefer or disregard any of the potential proposals
Clausal doubling and verum marking in Spanish
This paper offers a description and analysis of the clausal doubling construction, and contrasts it with predicate doubling based on their formal and verum-related properties. The study shows that the behavior of both patterns can be captured by extending the analysis of predicate doubling by Muñoz Pérez and Verdecchia (2022. Predicate doubling in Spanish: On how discourse may mimic syntactic movement. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory 40(4). …
Age-Related Differences in Anxiety and Depression Diagnosis among Adults in Puerto Rico during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Residents of Puerto Rico bear a significant burden of mental health disorders, which the COVID-19 pandemic may have exacerbated. However, age-specific data on these disorders during the pandemic in Puerto Rico are scarce. This study evaluated age-related differences in the self-reported diagnosis of depression and anxiety among adults ≥18 years residing in Puerto Rico during the pandemic. An anonymous online survey was administered from December …
Breast and Colorectal Cancer Screening Utilization after Hurricane María and the Covid-19 Pandemic in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (PR) has faced environmental and public health challenges that could have significantly affected cancer screening access. Using administrative claims data from PR's Medicaid population, this study assessed trends in colorectal and breast cancer screening from 2016 to 2021, the impact of disasters in screening, and the absolute deficit in screening due to the pandemic. The monthly rates of claims were analyzed using Poisson regression.…
Towards a syntactic understanding of connective particles: Thefinal perophenomenon in Bahiense Spanish
The contrastive connectorpero'but' is rigidly sentence-initial in most Spanish varieties. However, at least three Spanish dialects allow locating it at the end of a sentence. This paper discusses the properties offinal peroas attested in the dialect spoken in Bahia Blanca (Argentina), i.e., the so-calledpero bahiense. First, I demonstrate thatpero bahiensecannot be reduced to superficially similar phenomena in Spanish. Then, I offer a comparison …
Religiosity and Beliefs toward Covid-19 Vaccination among Adults in Puerto Rico
Religiosity may influence COVID-19 vaccination. However, it remains unclear how religiosity is associated with beliefs toward COVID-19 and vaccination against it, particularly amongst ethnic minorities. This study examined the association between religiosity, vaccination intent, beliefs, and attitudes related to COVID-19 and vaccination among adults in Puerto Rico. Data from an online survey conducted between December 2020-February 2021 among adu…
La estructura informativa del doblado de predicados
En este trabajo presentamos un análisis de la estructura informativa de la construcción del doblado de predicados en español rioplatense (por ejemplo, Leer, leyó). Nuestra propuesta es que en este tipo de estructuras el predicado dislocado funciona como un tópico contrastivo en el sentido de Büring (2003, 2016), esto es, es un elemento que evoca un conjunto de preguntas alternativas con las que contrasta. Argumentamos que esta caracterización per…
Predicate doubling in Spanish: On how discourse may mimic syntactic movement
Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: A pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million p…
BACKGROUND: Comparable global data on health and nutrition of school-aged children and adolescents are scarce. We aimed to estimate age trajectories and time trends in mean height and mean body-mass index (BMI), which measures weight gain beyond what is expected from height gain, for school-aged children and adolescents. METHODS: For this pooled analysis, we used a database of cardiometabolic risk factors collated by the Non-Communicable Disease …
A further argument for a syncretic analysis of DOM and dative in Spanish
This paper offers an argument to analyse the Spanish form /a/ as a syncretic case marker for accusative differential object marking ( dom ) and dative. The literature on free relative clauses has established that syncretism allows the repair of feature mismatches arising from contradictory selectional requirements between the matrix and the embedded predicates. By combining clitic left dislocation constructions (CLLD) and free relatives, it is sh…
Public Health Academic Alliance for Covid-19 Response: The Role of a National Medical Task Force in Puerto Rico
Alliances between the government and academic communities can be a key component of the public health response to an emergency such as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The Governor of Puerto Rico designated the Puerto Rico Medical Task Force (MTF) COVID-19 to provide direct guidance and evaluation of the government response to the epidemic in Puerto Rico. Several work groups were formed within the MTF to create protocols and prov…
The syntax and semantics of approximate indefinites in Spanish
In Spanish, combining an indefinite plural article and a cardinal number leads to an approximative interpretation similar to that provided by approximators like 'approximately'. In this paper, we advance a syntactic and semantic analysis of these structures. We show that the construction shares a number of properties with structures containing explicit approximative elements, so it justified to assume that a particular constituent contributes the…
Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults
Body-mass index (BMI) has increased steadily in most countries in parallel with a rise in the proportion of the population who live in cities 1,2 . This has led to a widely reported view that urbanization is one of the most important drivers of the global rise in obesity 3–6 . Here we use 2,009 population-based studies, with measurements of height and weight in more than 112 million adults, to report national, regional and global trends in mean B…
Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: A pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and …
BACKGROUND: Underweight, overweight, and obesity in childhood and adolescence are associated with adverse health consequences throughout the life-course. Our aim was to estimate worldwide trends in mean body-mass index (BMI) and a comprehensive set of BMI categories that cover underweight to obesity in children and adolescents, and to compare trends with those of adults. METHODS: We pooled 2416 population-based studies with measurements of height…
Same-Sex Behavior and its Relationship with Sexual and Health-Related Practices Among a Population-Based Sample of Women in Puerto Rico: Implications for Cancer Prevention and Control
This secondary data analysis aimed to estimate the prevalence of same-sex behavior and sexual and health-related practices of a population-based sample (n=560) of women aged 16-64 years in Puerto Rico (PR). Data collection included interviews and biologic samples. Seven percent of the sample had had sex with other women (WSW). Age-adjusted logistic regression models indicated that WSW had higher odds of history of cancer, having ≥ 7 lifetime sexu…
Transnational Mortality Comparisons Between Archipelago and Mainland Puerto Ricans
Factors Associated with HPV Vaccine Awareness in a Population-Based Sample of Hispanic Women in Puerto Rico
High Prevalence of Diabetes and Prediabetes and Their Coexistence with Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Hispanic Community
High Prevalence of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Hispanic Adolescents: Correlations with Adipocytokines and Markers of Inflammation
The Interrelationship Between Substance Use and Precocious Transitions to Adult Statuses
This study focuses on the interrelationship between premature or precocious transitions to adult statuses and roles and the use of alcohol and drugs. Panel data from early adolescence to young adulthood for a sample for a sample of youth who were at high risk for serious delinquent behavior is used. The results indicate that use of alcohol and drugs in early adolescence increases the risk of dropping out of school, becoming pregnant or impregnati…
Addressing Health Disparities Among Men: Demographic, Behavioral, and Clinical Characteristics of Men Who Have Sex with Men in Puerto Rico
Predicate doubling in Spanish: On how discourse may mimic syntactic movement
Childhood victimization and long-term intellectual and academic outcomes
The Interrelationship Between Substance Use and Precocious Transitions to Adult Statuses
This study focuses on the interrelationship between premature or precocious transitions to adult statuses and roles and the use of alcohol and drugs. Panel data from early adolescence to young adulthood for a sample for a sample of youth who were at high risk for serious delinquent behavior is used. The results indicate that use of alcohol and drugs in early adolescence increases the risk of dropping out of school, becoming pregnant or impregnati…
Association between adiposity indices and cardiometabolic risk factors among adults living in Puerto Rico
Objective To compare the general adiposity index (BMI) with abdominal obesity indices (waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR)) in order to examine the best predictor of cardiometabolic risk factors among Hispanics living in Puerto Rico. Design Secondary analysis of measurements taken from a representative sample of adults. Logistic regression models (prevalence odds ratios (POR)), partial Pearson's cor…
Association of Cigarette Smoking and Metabolic Syndrome in a Puerto Rican Adult Population
High Prevalence of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Hispanic Adolescents: Correlations with Adipocytokines and Markers of Inflammation
Addressing Health Disparities Among Men: Demographic, Behavioral, and Clinical Characteristics of Men Who Have Sex with Men in Puerto Rico
High Prevalence of Diabetes and Prediabetes and Their Coexistence with Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Hispanic Community
Same-Sex Behavior and its Relationship with Sexual and Health-Related Practices Among a Population-Based Sample of Women in Puerto Rico: Implications for Cancer Prevention and Control
This secondary data analysis aimed to estimate the prevalence of same-sex behavior and sexual and health-related practices of a population-based sample (n=560) of women aged 16-64 years in Puerto Rico (PR). Data collection included interviews and biologic samples. Seven percent of the sample had had sex with other women (WSW). Age-adjusted logistic regression models indicated that WSW had higher odds of history of cancer, having ≥ 7 lifetime sexu…
Transnational Mortality Comparisons Between Archipelago and Mainland Puerto Ricans
Factors Associated with HPV Vaccine Awareness in a Population-Based Sample of Hispanic Women in Puerto Rico
Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: A pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and …
BACKGROUND: Underweight, overweight, and obesity in childhood and adolescence are associated with adverse health consequences throughout the life-course. Our aim was to estimate worldwide trends in mean body-mass index (BMI) and a comprehensive set of BMI categories that cover underweight to obesity in children and adolescents, and to compare trends with those of adults. METHODS: We pooled 2416 population-based studies with measurements of height…
Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults
Body-mass index (BMI) has increased steadily in most countries in parallel with a rise in the proportion of the population who live in cities 1,2 . This has led to a widely reported view that urbanization is one of the most important drivers of the global rise in obesity 3–6 . Here we use 2,009 population-based studies, with measurements of height and weight in more than 112 million adults, to report national, regional and global trends in mean B…
Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: A pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million p…
BACKGROUND: Comparable global data on health and nutrition of school-aged children and adolescents are scarce. We aimed to estimate age trajectories and time trends in mean height and mean body-mass index (BMI), which measures weight gain beyond what is expected from height gain, for school-aged children and adolescents. METHODS: For this pooled analysis, we used a database of cardiometabolic risk factors collated by the Non-Communicable Disease …
A further argument for a syncretic analysis of DOM and dative in Spanish
This paper offers an argument to analyse the Spanish form /a/ as a syncretic case marker for accusative differential object marking ( dom ) and dative. The literature on free relative clauses has established that syncretism allows the repair of feature mismatches arising from contradictory selectional requirements between the matrix and the embedded predicates. By combining clitic left dislocation constructions (CLLD) and free relatives, it is sh…
Public Health Academic Alliance for Covid-19 Response: The Role of a National Medical Task Force in Puerto Rico
Alliances between the government and academic communities can be a key component of the public health response to an emergency such as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The Governor of Puerto Rico designated the Puerto Rico Medical Task Force (MTF) COVID-19 to provide direct guidance and evaluation of the government response to the epidemic in Puerto Rico. Several work groups were formed within the MTF to create protocols and prov…
The syntax and semantics of approximate indefinites in Spanish
In Spanish, combining an indefinite plural article and a cardinal number leads to an approximative interpretation similar to that provided by approximators like 'approximately'. In this paper, we advance a syntactic and semantic analysis of these structures. We show that the construction shares a number of properties with structures containing explicit approximative elements, so it justified to assume that a particular constituent contributes the…
Religiosity and Beliefs toward Covid-19 Vaccination among Adults in Puerto Rico
Religiosity may influence COVID-19 vaccination. However, it remains unclear how religiosity is associated with beliefs toward COVID-19 and vaccination against it, particularly amongst ethnic minorities. This study examined the association between religiosity, vaccination intent, beliefs, and attitudes related to COVID-19 and vaccination among adults in Puerto Rico. Data from an online survey conducted between December 2020-February 2021 among adu…
La estructura informativa del doblado de predicados
En este trabajo presentamos un análisis de la estructura informativa de la construcción del doblado de predicados en español rioplatense (por ejemplo, Leer, leyó). Nuestra propuesta es que en este tipo de estructuras el predicado dislocado funciona como un tópico contrastivo en el sentido de Büring (2003, 2016), esto es, es un elemento que evoca un conjunto de preguntas alternativas con las que contrasta. Argumentamos que esta caracterización per…
Predicate doubling in Spanish: On how discourse may mimic syntactic movement
A cautionary comment on the morphological status of inclusive –e in Spanish
This squib discusses several alternative grammatical treatments for inclusive -e in Spanish. It shows that the available data does not allow to prefer or disregard any of the potential proposals
Clausal doubling and verum marking in Spanish
This paper offers a description and analysis of the clausal doubling construction, and contrasts it with predicate doubling based on their formal and verum-related properties. The study shows that the behavior of both patterns can be captured by extending the analysis of predicate doubling by Muñoz Pérez and Verdecchia (2022. Predicate doubling in Spanish: On how discourse may mimic syntactic movement. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory 40(4). …
Age-Related Differences in Anxiety and Depression Diagnosis among Adults in Puerto Rico during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Residents of Puerto Rico bear a significant burden of mental health disorders, which the COVID-19 pandemic may have exacerbated. However, age-specific data on these disorders during the pandemic in Puerto Rico are scarce. This study evaluated age-related differences in the self-reported diagnosis of depression and anxiety among adults ≥18 years residing in Puerto Rico during the pandemic. An anonymous online survey was administered from December …
Breast and Colorectal Cancer Screening Utilization after Hurricane María and the Covid-19 Pandemic in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (PR) has faced environmental and public health challenges that could have significantly affected cancer screening access. Using administrative claims data from PR's Medicaid population, this study assessed trends in colorectal and breast cancer screening from 2016 to 2021, the impact of disasters in screening, and the absolute deficit in screening due to the pandemic. The monthly rates of claims were analyzed using Poisson regression.…
Towards a syntactic understanding of connective particles: Thefinal perophenomenon in Bahiense Spanish
The contrastive connectorpero'but' is rigidly sentence-initial in most Spanish varieties. However, at least three Spanish dialects allow locating it at the end of a sentence. This paper discusses the properties offinal peroas attested in the dialect spoken in Bahia Blanca (Argentina), i.e., the so-calledpero bahiense. First, I demonstrate thatpero bahiensecannot be reduced to superficially similar phenomena in Spanish. Then, I offer a comparison …
Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: A pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults
BACKGROUND: Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of underweight or thinness and obesity, and their changes, from 1990 to 2022 for adults and school-aged children and adolescents in 200 countries and territories. METHODS: ). For school-aged children and adolescents, we report thinness (BMI 2 SD above the median). FINDINGS: From 1990 to 20…
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