David Alejandro González

Biographic Data

ID3668049
NAMEDavid Alejandro González
GIVEN NAMESDavid Alejandro
FAMILY NAMEGonzález
SIGNATUREGONZÁLEZ D A
AFFILIATIONSUniversidade Federal de Pelotas
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
H-INDEX1

  • Is the “Habsburg jaw” related to inbreeding

    Open AccessRomán Vilas, Francisco C Ceballos et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Human Biology2019

    Background: The "Habsburg jaw" has long been associated with inbreeding due to the high prevalence of consanguineous marriages in the Habsburg dynasty. However, it is thought that mandibular prognathism (MP) is under the influence of a dominant major gene. Aim: To investigate the relationship between the "Habsburg jaw" and the pedigree-based inbreeding coefficient ( F ) as a relative measure of genome homozygosity. Subjects and methods: The degre…

  • Utilização de ácido acetilsalicílico (AAS) na prevenção de doenças cardiovasculares

    Open AccessCarolina Avila Vianna, David Alejandro González et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2012References: 22

    O objetivo foi estimar a prevalência de uso de ácido acetilsalicílico (AAS) na prevenção das doenças cardiovasculares (DCV). Estudo transversal de base populacional, realizado em Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, em 2010. Dois desfechos foram considerados: uso de AAS na prevenção primária (indivíduos > 40 anos com pelo menos dois fatores de risco (hipertensão arterial sistêmica, diabetes mellitus e/ou dislipidemia) e uso de AAS na prevenção sec…

  • The impact of sociodemographic conditions on quality of life among adolescents in a Brazilian birth cohort

    Open AccessHelen Denise Gonçalves Da Silva, David Alejandro González et al.ARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…2010

    Gender, skin color, maternal education, and SEP change were related to various measured aspects of QoL. These results should be considered in policymaking that seeks to minimize inequities at birth, across the life-course, and for future generations

  • Life-course socio-economic factors, skin colour and abdominal obesity in adulthood in a Brazilian birth cohort

    Open AccessDavid Alejandro González, Aydin Nazmi et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2009

    Objective Obesity is an increasingly prevalent nutritional disorder throughout the world. In particular, abdominal obesity is associated with cardiovascular and metabolic risk. The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of skin colour and life-course socio-economic indicators on waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC) and waist:hip ratio (WHR) in young adults. Design Population-based birth cohort study. Individuals born in 1982 in P…

  • Efeitos das condições climáticas no trimestre de nascimento sobre asma e pneumonia na infância e na vida adulta em uma coorte no Sul do Brasil

    Open AccessDavid Alejandro González, Cesar G Victora et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2008Cited by: 1References: 44

    Avaliaram-se os efeitos do clima no trimestre do nascimento e nos seis primeiros meses de vida (temperatura média em tercis) sobre as hospitalizações por asma e pneumonia em pré-escolares e sobre o diagnóstico de asma em adultos pertencentes ao estudo de coorte de nascimento de 1982 de Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Essa coorte incluiu todos os 5.914 nascidos vivos naquele ano, dos quais, 77% foram acompanhados até a idade adulta (23-24 anos…