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Obesity versus underweight: the prognostic impact of body mass phenotypes in hospitalized older patients

Geriatr Gerontol Aging; 18 (), 2024
Objective: To compare the frequency of underweight and obesity among previously hospitalized older adults and analyze their association with malnutrition, sarcopenia, frailty, inflammatory markers, and adverse outcomes both during hospitalization and after discharge. Methods: This secondary analysis of a...

Standing-Long-Jump Test Application in Identifying Female Adolescents at Risk of Sarcopenic Obesity

Int. j. morphol; 42 (2), 2024
SUMMARY: The identification of children and adolescents who are at risk of sarcopenic obesity development often requires specialized equipment and expensive test procedures. Therefore, the establishment of cheaper and faster methods would be greatly useful, especially if they could be applied in the fiel...

Mapping and projections of obesity in the Brazilian adult population assisted in Primary Health Care: impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

HSJ; 14 (), 2024
Objective: To map the temporal evolution of overweight and obesity in Brazilian adults and estimate the prevalence of obesity for 2025 and 2030, evaluating the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: Data were collected on the nutritional status of adults from 2008 to 2021 from the Food and Nu...

Metabolic syndrome in women with breast cancer: scope review

HSJ; 14 (), 2024
Objective: To synthesize evidence involving pathophysiological and clinical-epidemiological linking mechanisms in women with breast cancer and metabolic syndrome. Method: This is a structured scoping review according to the Joanna Briggs Institute and was conducted in the PubMed, BDENF, LILACS, IB...

Sarcoma folicular de células dendríticas mediastinal: primer reporte de caso en Costa Rica

El sarcoma folicular de células dendríticas (SFCD) es una neoplasia maligna rara derivada de las células dendríticas foliculares. Ha sido clasificado, dadas sus características inmunohistoquímicas, como parte del grupo de los sarcomas, donde representa un porcentaje menor al 1%. Actualmente, existe...

Estatística cardiovascular – Brasil 2023
Cardiovascular statistics – Brazil 2023

Arq. bras. cardiol; 121 (2), 2024

Ingesta de calcio y vitamina D: relación con exceso de peso en población costarricense

Arch. latinoam. nutr; 74 (1), 2024
Introducción: La presencia de sobrepeso y obesidad aumentan la morbimortalidad de la población latinoamericana. La deficiencia de micronutrientes como el calcio y la vitamina D se han relacionado con un aumento del riesgo de obesidad. Objetivo: Determinar la relación entre la ingesta de vitamina D y d...

Factores de riesgo y biomarcadores de la enfermedad de Alzheimer
Risk factors and biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease

Rev. cuba. med. mil; 53 (1), 2024
Introducción: La enfermedad de Alzheimer, constituye un problema sanitario y social de gran magnitud; precisa de diagnóstico y terapéutica precoces. Se realizó una búsqueda de artículos sobre factores de riesgo y biomarcadores de la enfermedad en las bases de datos PubMed/Medline, Scopus, Scielo y ...

Sonographic and Anatomical Evaluation of the Liver and Portal Vein Reference Values

Int. j. morphol; 42 (1), 2024
SUMMARY: This paper's aim is a morphometric evaluation of liver and portal vein morphometry using ultrasonography in healthy Turkish population. This study was carried out with 189 subjects (107 females, 82 males). The demographic data and the body surface area were calculated. The longitudinal axis of t...

Effect of Brassica rapa var. rapifera on Insulin Resistance and Inflammatory Analysis of Visceral Adipose Tissue of Obese Wistar Rats Under Glucolipotoxicity Condition

Int. j. morphol; 42 (1), 2024
SUMMARY: Obesity-related pathophysiologies such as insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome show a markedly increased risk for type 2 diabetes and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. This risk appears to be linked to alterations in adipose tissue function, leading to chronic inflammation and the...