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Metformin for prevention of cesarean delivery and large-for-gestational-age newborns in non-diabetic obese pregnant women: a randomized clinical trial

ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the use of metformin for preventing cesarean deliveries and large-for-gestational-age (LGA) newborn (NB) outcomes in non-diabetic obese pregnant women. Subjects and methods This is a randomized clinical trial with obese pregnant women, divided into 2 groups: metformin g...

Periodontal disease distribution, risk factors, and importance of primary healthcare in the clinical parameters improvement

The objective of this study is to show the distribution of periodontal disease, risk factors, and importance of primary healthcare, for the improvement of clinical parameters. Two phases study transversal and nonrandomized trial (before - after), with educational intervention and conservative treatment, ...

usencia de asociación entre estrés parental y caries temprana de la infancia en preescolares

RESUMEN: La caries temprana de infancia (CTI) es un problema de salud pública. Los determinantes de CTI pueden ser biológicos, conductuales y psicosociales, siendo estos últimos los menos estudiados. El objetivo de este estudio es establecer la asociación entre estrés parental y CTI. Se realizó un ...

Type 2 diabetes: Prevalence of hypoglycemia in public versus private health care system

Medicina (B.Aires); 80 (3), 2020
Social vulnerability has proved to be an independent risk factor for hypoglycemia in patients with diabetes. In some countries, patients who are in a vulnerable situation are assisted in the public health system which provides free medical care. This study compares the prevalence of hypoglycemia among pa...

Consumo de drogas, rede e apoio social entre pacientes psiquiátricos ambulatoriais

Aval. psicol; 19 (2), 2020
O consumo de drogas é elevado entre pessoas com quadros psicopatológicos e pode acarretar diversos prejuízos que se sobrepõem à morbidade psiquiátrica. A rede e o apoio social podem estar associados ao prognóstico desses indivíduos. O objetivo deste estudo foi identificar o uso problemático de d...

Lifestyle behaviors among 4,343 Brazilian adults with severe mental illness and 55,859 general population controls: data from the Brazilian National Health Survey

Objective: To analyze the association between severe mental illnesses and health behaviors among Brazilian adults. Methods: We used data from the Brazilian National Health Survey, a large nationally representative cross-sectional study conducted in 2013 among 60,202 adults (≥ 18 years). Clinical d...

Belief patterns and drug use in a sample of Brazilian youth: an exploratory latent class analysis

Objective: Adolescent substance abuse is a public health concern worldwide, and its prevention is the subject of numerous programmatic efforts. Yet, little research exists on the structure of drug-related belief patterns in youth and their utility in preventive program planning. The aim of this study is ...

Polypharmacy is associated with multiple health-related outcomes in Mexican community-dwelling older adults

Salud pública Méx; 62 (3), 2020
Abstract: Objective: To determine the association between polypharmacy and multiple health-related outcomes in older adults. Materials and methods: We carried out a cross-sectional analysis with 274 community-dwelling older adults aged ≥60 years in Mexico City. We used the following health-relate...

Arsenic exposure in northern Mexican women

Salud pública Méx; 62 (3), 2020
Abstract: Objective: To describe interindividual metabolism variations and sociodemographic characteristics associated to urinary arsenic, and to estimate the arsenic contamination in water from urinary total arsenic (TAs). Materials and methods: Women (n=1 028) from northern Mexico were interviewed ab...

Consumo del desayuno escolar y su asociación con la ganancia de peso en niñas de San Luis Potosí

Salud pública Méx; 62 (3), 2020
Resumen: Objetivo: Evaluar el consumo del Desayuno Escolar Frío (DEF) y su asociación con la ganancia de peso en población preescolar y escolar beneficiaria en San Luis Potosí, México. Material y métodos: Se realizó un estudio longitudinal en 255 niñas y niños de 3 a 8 años. Se midió la gana...