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Relationship between carotid intima-media thickness, physical activity, sleep quality, metabolic/inflamatory profile, body fatness, smoking and alcohol consumption in young adults

Motriz (Online); 23 (3), 2017
AIM: The aim of this longitudinal study was to analyze the relationship between sleep disorder and intima-media thickness. METHOD: Baseline measurements included carotid intima-media thickness, assessed by an ultrasound device; questionnaires about sleep and other behavioral variables; physical activity...

Relação entre medidas antropométricas, escolaridade, renda e índice de qualidade da dieta de mulheres climatéricas
Relationship among measures anthropometric, education, income and diet quality Index in women climacterics

HU rev; 42 (4), 2016
Avaliar o Índice de Qualidade da Dieta (IQD) de mulheres climatéricas, e sua associação com medidas antropométricas, grau de escolaridade e nível salarial. Trata-se de um estudo retrospectivo, com avaliação de dados secundários obtidos por questionários aplicados como rotina no atendimento de m...

Dietary patterns and gestational diabetes mellitus in a low income pregnant women population in Brazila cohort study

Arch. latinoam. nutr; 66 (4), 2016
Our aim is to verify the association between dietary patterns during early pregnancy and development of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in a low income Brazilian population. A cohort study followed 841 healthy pregnant women from the 15-20th gestational week until delivery. This study was conducted a...

Indicadores de síndrome metabólico en escolares mexicanos con talla baja, sobrepeso u obesidad
Components of the metabolic syndrome in Mexican school-children stunted, normal weight and overweight

Arch. latinoam. nutr; 66 (4), 2016
En niños mexicanos la obesidad, talla baja y anemia son problemas que coexisten principalmente en poblaciones rurales que comparten el mismo territorio geográfico, esto les otorga riesgos diferenciados. El objetivo de esta investigación fue determinar la asociación y magnitud del riesgo de indicadore...

Las enfermedades metabólicas del hígado

El hígado humano, órgano unitario con múltiples funciones vitales, ocupa una posición anatómica privilegiada y estratégica, que le permite recibir información del resto de los órganos y sistemas de la economía. Es posible estar ante una enfermedad hepática con probables complicaciones sistémic...

Exposure to potentially inappropriate medications in Brazilian elderly outpatients with metabolic diseases

Braz. j. pharm. sci; 52 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Management of pharmacotherapy in elderly with metabolic diseases is challenging and potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) are risk factors for drug interactions and adverse events. The exposure to PIMs in elderly outpatients with metabolic diseases and its relationship with polypharmacy a...

Kidney stones: composition, frequency and relation to metabolic diagnosis

Medicina (B.Aires); 76 (6), 2016
Nephrolithiasis is one of the most frequent urologic diseases. The aim of this paper is to study the composition and frequency of 8854 patient kidney stones and in a subset of them their metabolic risk factors to be related to their type of calculi. Physicochemical and crystallographic methods were used ...

Asociación entre características antropométricas y funcionalidad motriz en sujetos chilenos con distintos niveles de actividad física
Association between anthropometric characteristics and the motor function in Chileans subjects with different levels of physical activity

Arch. latinoam. nutr; 66 (3), 2016
Existe escasa información respecto a la relación entre los parámetros antropométricos y la funcionalidad motriz en sujetos activos e inactivos. En ese sentido, la presente investigación pretende determinar la relación entre las características antropométricas y la puntuación de funcionalidad mot...

Relationship Between Neck Circumference and Epicardial Fat Thickness in a Healthy Male Population

Arq. bras. cardiol; 107 (3), 2016
Abstract Background: Epicardial fat is an upper body visceral fat depot that may play a significant role in the development of adverse metabolic and cardiovascular risk profiles. There is a significant direct relationship between the amount of epicardial fat and general body adiposity (body mass index, ...

Fitness cardiorrespiratorio se asocia a una mejora en marcadores metabólicos en adultos chilenos

Rev. méd. Chile; 144 (8), 2016
Background: A high level of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is an important protector against cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. Aim: To explore the association of CRF with several metabolic markers and estimate the variation of these parameters by an increase of 1 MET change in CRF. Material and Met...