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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...