Research

All Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Under Review Journal Article

Cost-effectiveness analysis of a household salt substitute intervention on reducing community-wide blood pressure in Northern Peru

Del Castillo, D., Bernabe-Ortiz, A., Gilman, R.H., Sharma, M., Nugent, R., Miranda J.J.

Lancet Reg Health Am.

Submitted under consideration

Under Review Journal Article

Global viral lower respiratory disease episodes, hospitalizations, and clinical manifestations by aetiology, 2010-2021

Lupton, C., Wang, C., Del Castillo, D., Lei, J., Suba, J., Gillespie, K., Maslova, K., Qiao, L., Fageras, M., Pasovic, M., Rafferty, Q., Ewald, S.

Lancet Infect Dis.

Submitted under consideration

2024 Journal Article

Core outcome sets for trials of interventions to prevent and to treat multimorbidity in adults in low and middle-income countries: the COSMOS study

Vidyasagaran, AL., Ayesha, R., Boehnke, JR., […], Del Castillo Fernández, D.,[…], Zavala, GA., Zhao, YW., Siddiqi, N.

BMJ Glob Health. 9(8):e015120.

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2024 Journal Article

Multimorbidity patterns, sociodemographic characteristics, and mortality: Data science insights from low-resource settings

Bazo-Alvarez, J.C., Del Castillo, D., Piza, L., Bernabe-Ortiz, A., Carrillo-Larco, R.M., Smeeth, L., Gilman, R.H., Checkley, W., Miranda, J.J.

Am J Epidemiol. kwae466: Online ahead of print.

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2023 Journal Article

Effect of preterm birth on growth and blood pressure in adulthood in the Pelotas 1993 cohort

Lapidaire, W., Proaño, A., Blumenberg, C., Loret de Mola, C., Delgado, CA., Del Castillo, D., Wehrmeister, FC., Gonçalves, H., Gilman, RH., Oberhelman, RA., Lewandowski, AJ., Wells, JCK., Miranda, JJ.

Int J Epidemiol. 25;52(6):1870-1877.

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2021 Journal Article

[Advances in the investigation of chronic non-communicable diseases in Peru] (in Spanish)

Del Castillo-Fernández, D., Brañez-Condorena, A., Villacorta-Landeo, P., Saavedra-García, L., Bernabé-Ortiz, A., Miranda, JJ.

An Fac med. 81(4): 444-452.

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Preprints

2022 Preprint

Personality profiles and engagement with the augmented reality game Pokémon GO: a cross-sectional study [version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations]

Moscoso, MG., Villarreal-Zegarra, D., Del Castillo, D., Zavaleta E., Miranda JJ.

Wellcome Open Res. 7:264.

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Policy Statements & Reports

2023 Report

Efficacy and safety of liraglutide for the treatment of patients older than 18 years with moderate obesity without comorbidities and mild obesity associated with comorbidities. Health Technology Assessment – Preliminary Version

Del Castillo-Fernández D.

IETSI – EsSalud., Lima, Peru

2023 Report

Efficacy and safety of ceftazidime-avibactam for the treatment of adult patients with bacteremia due to surgical wound infection by carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae. Health Technology Assessment – Preliminary Version.

Del Castillo-Fernández D.

IETSI – EsSalud., Lima, Peru

2023 Report

Efficacy and safety of cladribine for the treatment of adult patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. Health Technology Assessment – Short Version.

Del Castillo-Fernández D.

IETSI – EsSalud., Lima, Peru

Theses

2025 Thesis

Cost-effectiveness analysis of a household salt substitute intervention on reducing community-wide blood pressure in Northern Peru

Del Castillo-Fernandez D.

Master Thesis • University of Washington, USA.

2021 Thesis

Childhood Obesity and Its Effect on Academic Achievement: An Analysis of the Young Lives Study Between 2009 and 2016

Del Castillo-Fernandez D.

Undergraduate Thesis • Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Perú.

Conference Abstracts

2025 Conference

[Beyond abortion: A mixed methods study on the factors that condition access and use of post-abortion contraceptives in Peruvian women] (in Spanish)

Valverde, N., Santivañez, M., Tello, M., and Del Castillo, D.

VII International Conference on Family Planning • The William H. Gates Sr. Institute for Population and Reproductive Health., Bogota, Colombia