Abstract This article aims to evaluate associations between anthropometric changes in five years with lipid and blood pressure levels in Brazilian rural population. This longitudinal study evaluated 387 individuals aged 18 to 75 residents of two rural communities. Demographic, lifestyle, anthropometric, ...
Antropometría,
Presión Sanguínea/fisiología,
Índice de Masa Corporal,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/epidemiología,
Modelos Lineales,
Lípidos/sangre,
Estudios Longitudinales,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Análisis Multivariante,
Factores de Riesgo,
Población Rural,
Circunferencia de la Cintura/fisiología
ABSTRACT Objective: The role of bone markers on insulin resistance (IR) remains controversial. The objective of this study is to evaluate the association between bone mineral density (BMD) and glucose metabolism and investigate if visceral hyperadiposity, evaluated by waist circumference (WC), is an eff...
Resumo: O objetivo do estudo foi verificar a associação entre a força muscular relativa e os indicadores de obesidade em professores universitários. 71 docentes (37 homens e 34 mulheres) foram submetidos à medida da circunferência da cintura (CC) e ao teste de preensão manual. A partir da massa co...
Background: Obesity and sedentary behavior are risk factors acting independently in the development of type 2 diabetes. Aim: To investigate whether the association between diabetes and obesity is modified by the levels of sitting time (ST) in the Chilean population. Material and Methods: We included 4,...
Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/etiología,
Obesidad/complicaciones,
Postura,
Conducta Sedentaria,
Índice de Masa Corporal,
Chile,
Estudios de Cohortes,
Ejercicio Físico,
Modelos Logísticos,
Oportunidad Relativa,
Autoinforme,
Factores de Tiempo,
Circunferencia de la Cintura
Ferreira, Vanessa Roriz;
Jardim, Thiago Veiga;
Póvoa, Thais Rolim;
Mendonça, Karla Lorena;
Nascente, Flávia Noggueira;
Carneiro, Carolina Sousa;
Barroso, Weimar Sebba;
Morais, Polyana;
Peixoto, Maria Gondim;
Sousa, Ana Luiza Lima;
Jardim, Paulo Cesar Brandão Veiga.
Abstract Objective The management of children with low birth weight is not the same in countries with different resources. The authors assessed the association of birth weight with blood pressure and nutritional status in a representative sample of adolescents from a Brazilian state, aiming to identify ...
SUMMARY BACKGROUND: Psoriasis is associated with higher prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS). The prevalence of MS varies according to the studied population as it suffers influence of genetics, aging, sedentary behaviour and diet. OBJECTIVE: To study the prevalence of MS in local psoriasis patients a...
Factores de Edad,
Glucemia/análisis,
Presión Sanguínea/fisiología,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Estudios de Casos y Controles,
HDL-Colesterol/sangre,
Estudios Transversales,
Modelos Logísticos,
Síndrome Metabólico/complicaciones,
Síndrome Metabólico/epidemiología,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Obesidad Abdominal/complicaciones,
Obesidad Abdominal/epidemiología,
Prevalencia,
Psoriasis/complicaciones,
Psoriasis/epidemiología,
Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad,
Estadísticas no Paramétricas,
Triglicéridos/sangre,
Circunferencia de la Cintura
SUMMARY: Aging affects living organisms and produces a continuous degenerative change in most physiological functions, specifically in body composition. The aim of the present study is to compare the differences of body composition and physiologic characteristics according to physical activity levels and...
Resumo O envelhecimento populacional acelerado e a obesidade abdominal (OA) são problemas de saúde pública mundial entre idosos ainda pouco investigados. O artigo tem por objetivos identificar a prevalência da OA em idosos, verificar sua associação com diferentes morbidades e variáveis sociodemogr...
Factores de Edad,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Estudios Transversales,
Diabetes Mellitus/epidemiología,
Hipertensión/epidemiología,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Obesidad Abdominal/epidemiología,
Distribución de Poisson,
Prevalencia,
Enfermedades Respiratorias/epidemiología,
Factores Sexuales,
Circunferencia de la Cintura
Introducción: La obesidad infantil es una epidemia global. La edad escolar y la adolescencia son etapas cruciales para la implementación de hábitos alimentarios y estilo de vida. Objetivo: Evaluar el estado nutricional, antropométrico, bioquímico e ingesta alimentaria de niños, su relación con fac...
Abstract To identify the prevalence and factors associated with hypertriglyceridemic waist (HW) in community-dwelling elderly people in northeast Brazil. Population-based cross-sectional study. Some 316 elderly (≥ 60 years) people of both sexes participated in this study. Data were collected using ...
Brasil/epidemiología,
Estudios Transversales,
Cintura Hipertrigliceridémica/epidemiología,
Modelos Logísticos,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Sobrepeso/epidemiología,
Prevalencia,
Factores de Riesgo,
Conducta Sedentaria,
Factores Sexuales,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios,
Circunferencia de la Cintura
