Francisco Cumsille
Biographic Data
| ID | 6845801 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Francisco Cumsille |
| GIVEN NAMES | Francisco |
| FAMILY NAME | Cumsille |
| SIGNATURE | CUMSILLE F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centro de Estudios Científicos |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Geographical disparities in obesity prevalence
Obesity rates and relative increase are diverse across subnational levels and substantially differ from the national estimates, highlighting a pattern that converges to areas with low-middle income households. Our results emphasize geographical disparities in obesity prevalence among adults and adolescents
Prevalence of Marijuana Use among University Students in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
Young adults 18 to 25 years old show the highest prevalence of marijuana use in Latin America. This study analyzes the changes in prevalence of marijuana use among university students in the Andean Community (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru) from two studies carried out in 2009 and in 2012. Data were collected through representative two-stage samples of universities and students in the Andean Community. An online survey was administered usin…
Child Maltreatment and Its Relationship to Drug Use in Latin America and the Caribbean
Categorización de variables en el análisis estadístico de datos
Frequently during the process of data analysis in epidemiological studies, the scale of one or more continuous variables is changed. The objective of this paper was to assess the consequences of categorizing variables during data analysis. We studied three situations with different scenarios for statistical analysis with regression models. The results show that dichotomizing continuous variables can substantially modify the relationships between …
Consumo de drogas lícitas e ilícitas en Chile
The principal results are presented here from the Third National Study of the Consumption of Drugs, which was carried out in Chile by the National Board for Narcotics Control between 1 September 1998 and 15 January 1999. The 1998 study used the same methodological design as the first and second studies, which were done in 1994 and 1996. The 1998 study expanded the sample to 31,665 individuals, who were representative of a population of 6,940,727 …
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Categorización de variables en el análisis estadístico de datos
Frequently during the process of data analysis in epidemiological studies, the scale of one or more continuous variables is changed. The objective of this paper was to assess the consequences of categorizing variables during data analysis. We studied three situations with different scenarios for statistical analysis with regression models. The results show that dichotomizing continuous variables can substantially modify the relationships between …
Consumo de drogas lícitas e ilícitas en Chile
The principal results are presented here from the Third National Study of the Consumption of Drugs, which was carried out in Chile by the National Board for Narcotics Control between 1 September 1998 and 15 January 1999. The 1998 study used the same methodological design as the first and second studies, which were done in 1994 and 1996. The 1998 study expanded the sample to 31,665 individuals, who were representative of a population of 6,940,727 …
Child Maltreatment and Its Relationship to Drug Use in Latin America and the Caribbean
Prevalence of Marijuana Use among University Students in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
Young adults 18 to 25 years old show the highest prevalence of marijuana use in Latin America. This study analyzes the changes in prevalence of marijuana use among university students in the Andean Community (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru) from two studies carried out in 2009 and in 2012. Data were collected through representative two-stage samples of universities and students in the Andean Community. An online survey was administered usin…
Geographical disparities in obesity prevalence
Obesity rates and relative increase are diverse across subnational levels and substantially differ from the national estimates, highlighting a pattern that converges to areas with low-middle income households. Our results emphasize geographical disparities in obesity prevalence among adults and adolescents
Environmental health (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Humanities (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Public health (2 works) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (2 works)