Browsing by Author "Espinosa Díaz, Ana"

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  • Air pollution, noise, blue space, and green space and premature mortality in Barcelona: a mega cohort
    Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Gascon Merlos, Mireia, 1984-; Martínez, David; Ponjoan, Anna; Blanch, Jordi; García Gil, Maria; Ramos, Rafel; Foraster Pulido, Maria, 1984-; Mueller, Natalie, 1988-; Espinosa Díaz, Ana; Cirach, Marta; Khreis, Haneen; Dadvand, Payam; Basagaña Flores, Xavier (MDPI, 2018)
    Introduction: Cities often experience high air pollution and noise levels and lack of natural outdoor environments, which may be detrimental to health. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of air pollution, ...
  • Ambient air pollution in relation to SARS-CoV-2 infection, antibody response, and COVID-19 disease: a Cohort study in Catalonia, Spain (COVICAT Study)
    Kogevinas, Manolis; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; Karachaliou, Marianna; Espinosa Díaz, Ana; Garcia Aymerich, Judith; Jiménez, Alfons; Vidal, Marta; O’Callaghan-Gordo, Cristina; Cirach, Marta; Santano, Rebeca; Barrios, Diana; Puyol, Laura; Rubio, Rocío; Izquierdo, Luis; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Dadvand, Payam; Aguilar, Ruth; Moncunill, Gemma; Dobaño, Carlota; Tonne, Cathryn (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 2021)
    Background: emerging evidence links ambient air pollution with coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) disease, an association that is methodologically challenging to investigate. Objectives: we examined the association between long-term ...
  • Association of time of breakfast and nighttime fasting duration with breast cancer risk in the multicase-control study in Spain
    Palomar Cros, Anna; Harding, Barbara N.; Espinosa Díaz, Ana; Straif, Kurt; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; Romaguera Bosch, Dora; Kogevinas, Manolis (Frontiers, 2022)
    Circadian nutritional behaviors, defined by the daily eating/fasting cycle, have been linked with breast cancer. This study aimed to further disentangle the association of nighttime fasting duration and time of breakfast ...
  • Blood lead levels in indigenous peoples living close to oil extraction areas in the Peruvian Amazon
    O'Callaghan Gordo, Cristina; Rosales, Jaime; Lizárraga, Pilar; Barclay Rey de Castro, Frederica; Okamoto, Tami; Papoulias, Diana M.; Espinosa Díaz, Ana; Orta-Martínez, Martí; Kogevinas, Manolis; Astete, John (Elsevier, 2021)
    Background: High blood lead levels (BLLs) have been previously reported in indigenous people living in communities in the northern Peruvian Amazon. Oil extraction activities have been conducted in the area since the 1970s ...
  • Breast cancer risk and night shift work in a case-control study in a Spanish population
    Papantoniou, Kyriaki, 1983-; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; Espinosa Díaz, Ana; Aragonés, Núria; Pérez-Gómez, Beatriz; Ardanaz Aicua, Eva; Altzibar, Jone Miren; Martín Sánchez, Vicente; Gómez-Acebo, Inés; Llorca, Javier; Muñoz, David; Tardón, Adonina; Peiró, Rosana; Marcos-Gragera, Rafael; Pollan, Marina; Kogevinas, Manolis (Springer, 2016)
    Epidemiologic and animal data indicate that night shift work might increase the risk for breast cancer. We evaluated the association of night work with different clinical types of breast cancer in a population based ...
  • Changes in melatonin and sex steroid hormone production among men as a result of rotating night shift work - the HORMONIT study
    Harding, Barbara N.; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; Palomar Cros, Anna; Papantoniou, Kyriaki, 1983-; Espinosa Díaz, Ana; Skene, Debra J.; Middleton, Benita; Gómez-Gómez, Àlex; Navarrete, José María; Such, Patricia; Torrejón, Antonio; Kogevinas, Manolis; Pozo Mendoza, Óscar J., 1975- (Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health, 2022)
    Objective: data from real world settings on circadian disruption and subsequent hormone-related changes may explain the higher risk of hormone-dependent cancers among night shift workers.The present study examines the ...
  • Changes in population health-related behaviors during a COVID-19 surge. A natural experiment
    Delgado Ortiz, Laura; Carsin, Anne-Elie; Merino, Jordi; Cobo, Inés; Koch, Sarah; Goldberg, Ximena; Chevance, Guillaume; Bosch de Basea i Gómez, Magda, 1982-; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; Espinosa Díaz, Ana; Carreras, Anna; Cortes Martínez, Beatriz; Straif, Kurt; Cid Ibeas, Rafael de; Kogevinas, Manolis; García Aymerich, Judith (Oxford University Press, 2022)
    Background: the study of impact of lockdowns on individual health-related behaviors has produced divergent results. Purpose: to identify patterns of change in multiple health-related behaviors analyzed as a whole, and their ...
  • Chromosomal bands affected by acute oil exposure and DNA repair errors
    Monyarch, Gemma; De Castro Reis, Fernanda; Zock, Jan-Paul; Giraldo, Jesús; Pozo Rodríguez, Francisco; Espinosa Díaz, Ana; Rodríguez Trigo, Gema; Gómez, Federico P.; Antó i Boqué, Josep Maria; Coll, Maria; Barberà, Joan Albert; Fuster, Carme (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013)
    Background: In a previous study, we showed that individuals who had participated in oil clean-up tasks after the wreckage of the Prestige presented an increase of structural chromosomal alterations two years after the acute ...
  • Colorectal Cancer and Long-Term Exposure to Trihalomethanes in Drinking Water: A Multicenter Case-Control Study in Spain and Italy.
    Villanueva Belmonte, Cristina; Gracia Lavedan, Esther; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; Espinosa Díaz, Ana; Espejo Herrera, Nadia Carminia, 1983-; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Kogevinas, Manolis (Environmental health perspectives, 2016)
    BACKGROUND: Evidence on the association between colorectal cancer and exposure to disinfection by-products in drinking water is inconsistent. OBJECTIVES: We assessed long-term exposure to trihalomethanes (THMs), the most ...
  • Disruption of cellular immune response among male rotating night shift workers in Spain- The HORMONIT study
    Harding, Barbara N.; Aguilar, Ruth; Espinosa Díaz, Ana; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; Papantoniou, Kyriaki, 1983-; Navarrete, José María; Such Faro, Patricia; Torrejón, Antonio; Dobaño, Carlota; Moncunill, Gemma; Kogevinas, Manolis (Frontiers, 2022)
    Introduction: Preliminary studies suggest that night shift work is associated with a desynchronization of rhythmic immune markers, possibly explaining the increased risk of infection, cardiometabolic disorders, and cancer ...
  • Effect of mistimed eating patterns on breast and prostate cancer risk (MCC-Spain Study)
    Kogevinas, Manolis; Espinosa Díaz, Ana; Papantoniou, Kyriaki, 1983-; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; Romaguera Bosch, Dora (Wiley-Blackwell, 2018)
    Modern life involves mistimed sleeping and eating patterns that in experimental studies are associated with adverse health effects. We assessed whether timing of meals is associated with breast and prostate cancer risk ...
  • Environmental, dietary, maternal, and fetal predictors of bulky DNA adducts in cord blood: a European mother-child study (NewGeneris)
    Pedersen, Marie; Mendez, Michelle A.; Espinosa Díaz, Ana; Villanueva Belmonte, Cristina; Gracia Lavedan, Esther; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Cirach, Marta; Agramunt, Silvia; Kogevinas, Manolis (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2015)
    BACKGROUND: Bulky DNA adducts reflect genotoxic exposures, have been associated with lower birth weight, and may predict cancer risk. OBJECTIVE: We selected factors known or hypothesized to affect in utero adduct formation ...
  • Evaluating the association between artificial light-at-night exposure and breast and prostate cancer risk in Spain (MCC-Spain study).
    Garcia-Saenz, Ariadna; Espinosa Díaz, Ana; Valentín, Antònia; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; Kogevinas, Manolis (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 2018)
    BACKGROUND: Night shift work, exposure to light at night (ALAN) and circadian disruption may increase the risk of hormone-dependent cancers. OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the association of exposure to ALAN during sleeping time ...
  • Exposure to widespread drinking water chemicals, blood inflammation markers, and colorectal cancer
    Villanueva, Cristina M.; Espinosa Díaz, Ana; Gracia-Lavedan, Esther; Vlaanderen, Jelle; Vermeulen, Roel; Molina, Antonio J.; Amiano, Pilar; Gómez-Acebo, Inés; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; Vineis, Paolo; Kogevinas, Manolis (Elsevier, 2021)
    Background: Trihalomethanes (THMs) and nitrate are widespread chemicals in drinking water associated with colorectal cancer risk but mechanisms are not well understood. Objectives: We explored the association between ...
  • Genome-wide association study of offspring birth weight in 86 577 women identifies five novel loci and highlights maternal genetic effects that are independent of fetal genetics
    Beaumont, Robin N.; Espinosa Díaz, Ana; Kogevinas, Manolis; Estivill, Xavier, 1955- (Oxford University Press, 2018)
    Genome-wide association studies of birth weight have focused on fetal genetics, whereas relatively little is known about the role of maternal genetic variation. We aimed to identify maternal genetic variants associated ...
  • Impact of a riverside accessibility intervention on use, physical activity, and wellbeing: A mixed methods pre-post evaluation
    Vert Roca, Cristina, 1991-; Carrasco Turigas, Glòria; Zijlema, Wilma; Espinosa Díaz, Ana; Cano-Riu, Lia; Elliott, Lewis R.; Litt, Jill; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Gascon Merlos, Mireia, 1984- (Elsevier, 2019)
    Introduction: Access to natural outdoor environments can promote physical activity, social cohesion, and improved psychological well-being. In 2016, an urban riverside regeneration project to facilitate access to the ...
  • Infection induced SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and heterogeneity of antibody responses in a general population cohort study in Catalonia Spain
    Karachaliou, Marianna; Moncunill, Gemma; Espinosa Díaz, Ana; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; Jiménez, Alfons; Vidal, Marta; Santano, Rebeca; Barrios, Diana; Jiménez, Alfons; Puyol, Laura; Mayer, Leonie; Rubio, Rocío; O'Callaghan Gordo, Cristina; Fossati, Serena; Rivas, Ioar; Vrijheid, Martine; Izquierdo, Luis; Aguilar, Ruth; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; García Aymerich, Judith; Dobaño, Carlota; Kogevinas, Manolis (Nature Research, 2021)
    Sparse data exist on the complex natural immunity to SARS-CoV-2 at the population level. We applied a well-validated multiplex serology test in 5000 participants of a general population study in Catalonia in blood samples ...
  • Maternal and fetal genetic contribution to gestational weight gain
    Warrington, Nicole M.; Espinosa Díaz, Ana; Guxens Junyent, Mònica; Kogevinas, Manolis; Bustamante Pineda, Mariona; Lawlor, Debbie A. (Nature Research, 2018)
    Background: Clinical recommendations to limit gestational weight gain (GWG) imply high GWG is causally related to adverse outcomes in mother or offspring, but GWG is the sum of several inter-related complex phenotypes ...
  • Maternal diet during pregnancy and micronuclei frequency in peripheral blood T lymphocytes in mothers and newborns (Rhea cohort, Crete)
    O’Callaghan-Gordo, Cristina; Kogevinas, Manolis; Pedersen, Marie; Espinosa Díaz, Ana; Tsiapa, Xristina; Romaguera Bosch, Dora; Chatzi, Leda (Springer, 2018)
    Purpose: The study assessed whether diet and adherence to cancer prevention guidelines during pregnancy were associated with micronucleus (MN) frequency in mothers and newborns. MN is biomarkers of early genetic effects ...
  • Mental health and COVID-19 in a general population cohort in Spain (COVICAT study)
    Goldberg, Ximena; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; Espinosa Díaz, Ana; Carreras, Anna; Liutsko, Liudmila; Sicuri, Elisa; Foraster Pulido, Maria, 1984-; O'Callaghan-Gordo, Cristina; Dadvand, Payam; Moncunill, Gemma; Dobaño, Carlota; Cortés, B.; Pleguezuelos, V.; Straif, Kurt; García Aymerich, Judith; Cid Ibeas, Rafael de; Cardis, Elisabeth; Kogevinas, Manolis (SpringerOpen, 2022)
    Purpose: mental health conditions may affect outcome of COVID-19 disease, while exposure to stressors during the pandemic may impact mental health. The purpose of this study was to examine these factors in relation to ...