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Weight-for-length relationship at birth to predict neonatal diseases

Säo Paulo med. j; 121 (4), 2003
CONTEXT: Intrauterine growth curves are extremely useful for classifying newborn children and predicting neonatal diseases. However, such curves rely on knowledge of the gestational age, which is not always easily obtained. Therefore, the study of other anthropometric measurements and their interrelation...

Análisis del signo de Hoover en relación con parametros funcionales, radiologicos y de radio de curvatura en pacientes con enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica
[Relationship between Hoover sign, functional and variables, and curvature radius in patients with obstructive pulmonary disease]

Medicina (B.Aires); 63 (5), 2003
The purpose of the present study was: 1) to relate the Hoover sign -SH (+)- with several functional (spirometry and lung volumes) and radiographic (AP x-ray) parameters, 2) to characterize the changes in diaphragmatic curvature radius and the efficiency and to establish some relationships with the functi...

Osteoporotic fractures of proximal femur: clinical and epidemiological features in a population of the city of São Paulo

Säo Paulo med. j; 119 (2), 2001
CONTEXT: It is believed that about 25 percent of menopausal women in the USA will exhibit some kind of fracture as a consequence of osteoporosis. Fractures of the proximal femur are associated with a greater number of deaths and disabilities and higher medical expenses than all the other osteoporotic fra...

Height, weight, weight change and risk of breast cancer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Säo Paulo med. j; 119 (2), 2001
CONTEXT: The relationship between body size and breast cancer still remains controversial in considering menopausal status. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association of height, weight and weight changes with breast cancer in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. DESIGN: Case-control study. SETTING: National C...

Estado nutricional de adultos mayores beneficiarios de un programa social con componente alimentario implementado en la ciudad de Córdoba. Año 2000
Nutritional status in older adults beneficiaries of a social programme with food component implemented in the city of Cordoba. Year 2000

El estado nutricional de los adultos mayores es la resultante de sus condiciones de vida y de salud. El aumento demográfico de este segmento de población es un reto a los profesionales de la salud, para lograr conocer cuales son las características de normalidad en esta etapa de la vida. Objetivo gene...

Riesgo quirúrgico en pacientes mayores de 60 años
Surgical risk in patients over 60 years old

Rev. cuba. cir; 39 (1), 2000
Se realizó el estudio prospectivo de 364 pacientes mayores de 60 años operados en el servicio de Cirugía General del Hospital Clinicoquirúrgico "Hermanos Ameijeiras", desde mayo hasta diciembre de 1994. Al sexo femenino le correspondió el 55,2 porciento y al masculino el 44,8 porciento. El número d...

Distribución de la adiposidad en adolescentes mediante el índice de conicidad

Acta cient. venez; 51 (4), 2000
Body regional fat distribution has been linked with a metabolic atherogenic risk profile, that starts early in life. Data from a cross-sectional sample of 394 boys and girls, 11 to 16 years, who inhabit a slum sector of Caracas, Venezuela was studied using Conicity Index (C): [equation: see text] by mean...

Relación entre la maduración temprana, índice de masa corporal y el comportamiento longitudinal de la presión arterial sistólica

Acta cient. venez; 51 (4), 2000
In the Caracas Longitudinal Study, 53 girls- 8 to 11 years of age- who had been classified as early, average and late maturers were analyzed longitudinally with respect to Body Mass Index (BMI) and Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP). A longitudinal principal component analysis was used to summarize trends or ...