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Yellow Fever and Cardiovascular Disease: An Intersection of Epidemics

Arq. bras. cardiol; 110 (3), 2018

Cardiovascular risk in rural workers and its relation with body mass index

ABSTRACT Objective Evaluate the propensity of cardiovascular risk in rural workers and, through the Framingham Risk Score (FRS), relate this risk with the classification of Body Mass Index (BMI). Subjects and methods This study is characterized as descriptive and exploratory, with the participation of ...

Leisure-Time Physical Activity, but not Commuting Physical Activity, is Associated with Cardiovascular Risk among ELSA-Brasil Participants

Arq. bras. cardiol; 110 (1), 2018
Abstract Background: Despite reports in the literature that both leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) and commuting physical activity (CPA) can promote health benefits, the literature lacks studies comparing the associations of these domains of physical activity with cardiovascular risk scores. Object...

Avaliação do risco de doenças cardiovasculares em Indígenas Krenak do Estado de Minas Gerais

Introdução: As doenças cardiovasculares são as principais causas de morbimortalidade em todo o mundo. Nas populações indígenas, no decorrer dos últimos anos, a ocorrência destas doenças tem aumentado consideravelmente. Alterações nos hábitos de vida e no padrão alimentar, bem como a proximi...

Modelo validado para predecir el riesgo cardiovascular en adultos jóvenes según estilo de vida
Validated model to predict cardiovascular risk in young adults according to lifestyle

Waist circumference percentile curves as a screening tool to predict cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome risk in Brazilian children

The goals of this study were to develop reference values for waist circumference (WC) in Brazilian children between 6-10 years old and to evaluate the WC performance in predicting cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in children. This is a population-based epidemiological cross-secti...

Estudio venezolano de salud cardio-metabólica (EVESCAM): resultados generales presentados en el XVII congreso venezolano de medicina interna 2017
Venezuelan study of cardio-metabolic health (EVESCAM): General results presented at the XVII Congress Venezuelan Internal medicine 2017

Med. interna (Caracas); 34 (1), 2018
Ningún estudio ha evaluado la prevalencia nacional de factores de riesgo cardiometabólico en Venezuela. Objetivo: El EVESCAM (Estudio Venezolano de Salud Cardio-Metabólica) fue diseñado para evaluar la prevalencia de los factores de riesgo cardiometabólico en sujetos con ≥ 20 años de las 8 region...

Chronic kidney disease: susceptibility in a representative population-based sample

ABSTRACT Chronic kidney disease has high morbidity and mortality. In order to track the disease, we conducted a population-based study in a medium-sized city in Southeastern Brazil. Based on instrument SCreening for Occult REnal Disease (SCORED), we evaluated 1,016 individuals with mean age of 44 (SD = 1...

Cardiovascular risk and use of conicity index in patients submitted to autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 16 (2), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective To analyze the prevalence of overweight and the use of conicity index for cardiovascular risk assessment in individuals submitted to autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Methods The sample comprised 91 patients of both sexes, who underwent autologous hematopoietic stem...

La discontinuación de dosis bajas de aspirina se asoció a una mayor incidencia de eventos cardiovasculares
Low-dose aspirin discontinuation was associated with a higher incidence of cardiovascular events