Ortiz C

No ORCID on file · 3 papers in corpus · active 2013-2023

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  • other 1

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  • endometriosis 1
2023
Association between DNA repair capacity and body mass index in women.
Mutation research ·doi:10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2022.111813

ObjectiveExamine whether DNA repair capacity (DRC) levels are associated with body mass index (BMI) in adult women.Design and participantsA nested study composed of 539 women without breast cancer (BC) from a case-control BC study in additi…

2016
High DRC Levels Are Associated with Let-7b Overexpression in Women with Breast Cancer.
International journal of molecular sciences ·doi:10.3390/ijms17060865

Nucleotide Excision Repair (NER) is a critical pathway involved in breast cancer (BC). We have previously published that a low DNA repair capacity (DRC) is associated with a higher risk of BC in Puerto Rican women. Let-7b belongs to a miRNA…

other 2013
Factors associated with breast cancer in Puerto Rican women
Journal of epidemiology and global health ·doi:10.1016/j.jegh.2013.08.003

BACKGROUND: Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer afflicting Puerto Rican women and accounts for more cancer-related deaths in this population than any other cancer. METHODS: Demographic, anthropometric, family history, and lifestyl…