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Low Prevalance of Major Events Adverse to Exercise Stress Echocardiography

Arq. bras. cardiol; 107 (2), 2016
Abstract Background: Stress echocardiography is well validated for diagnosis and risk stratification of coronary artery disease. Exercise stress echocardiography (ESE) has been shown to be the most physiological among the modalities of stress, but its safety is not well established. Objective: To study...

Blood pressure levels and body mass index in Brazilian adults with Down syndrome

Säo Paulo med. j; 134 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Increased life expectancy among people with Down syndrome (DS) has introduced new environmental factors that may affect blood pressure (BP) and/or lead to obesity in this population. The aim here was to investigate BP levels and body mass index (BMI) in adults with DS, c...

La inseguridad alimentaria en el estado de Nayarit, México, y su asociación con factores socioeconómicos

Salud pública Méx; 58 (4), 2016
Resumen: Objetivo: Estimar la proporción de hogares con inseguridad alimentaria (IA) en los veinte municipios del estado de Nayarit, México, e identificar los factores que la determinan. Material y métodos: Se estimó la IA utilizando la versión armonizada para México de la Escala Latinoamericana ...

Capital social de las mujeres mayores usuarias de la red pública de la Atención Primaria de Salud

Rev. méd. Chile; 144 (8), 2016
Background: Social capital is an economical idea that refers to connections between individuals and entities that can be economically valuable. Aim: To establish the relationship of social capital as a health care asset, with sociodemographic variables of older women attending public health care services...

Age and regional differences in clinical presentation and risk of hospitalization for dengue in Brazil, 2000-2014

Clinics; 71 (8), 2016
OBJECTIVES: Dengue cases range from asymptomatic to severe, eventually leading to hospitalization and death. Timely and appropriate management is critical to reduce morbidity. Since 1980, dengue has spread throughout Brazil, affecting an increasing number of individuals. This paper describes age and regi...

Perfil epidemiológico dos doadores de córnea do Estado de Goiás

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 75 (4), 2016
RESUMO Objetivo: Traçar o perfil epidemiológico dos doadores de córnea do Estado de Goiás. Métodos: Foi utilizada amostra probabilística de 793 prontuários calculada pela fórmula de Leslie Kish (Epi Info 7), levando em consideração um n total de 3.093 prontuários no período de janeiro de 20...

Aging impairs osteoblast differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells grown on titanium by favoring adipogenesis

J. appl. oral sci; 24 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Aging negatively affects bone/titanium implant interactions. Our hypothesis is that the unbalance between osteogenesis and adipogenesis induced by aging may be involved in this phenomenon. Objective We investigated the osteoblast and adipocyte differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) f...

Higher prevalence and gene amplification of HPV16 in oropharynx as compared to oral cavity

J. appl. oral sci; 24 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective The objective of this study was to clarify differences regarding HPV16 infection and gene amplification between the oral cavity and oropharynx in healthy individuals. Material and Methods The subjects were 94 healthy asymptomatic individuals (41 males, 53 females; mean age 58.6 yea...

Epidemiología del estado de salud periodontal en la VII Región del Maule, Chile

Antecedentes Pese a que la enfermedad periodontal es una patología altamente prevalente, en Chile la información regional es escasa y limitada, especialmente en lo referente a la realidad de la población rural. Objetivo Dada la falta de datos locales y el alto índice de ruralidad de la Región del Ma...

Age-related changes in bone architecture

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 43 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective : to evaluate the histologic and morphometric characteristics of bone biopsies of the anterior iliac crest of patients of different age groups. Methods : we studied 30 bone samples from the iliac crest, using brightfield optical microscopy. We divided the samples by donors' age group...