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Prevalence of sarcopenic obesity and its association with functionality, lifestyle, biomarkers and morbidities in older adults: the Fibra-RJ study of frailty in older brazilian adults

Clinics; 75 (), 2020
OBJECTIVES: To assess the prevalence of sarcopenic obesity and its association with functionality, lifestyle, biomarkers, and morbidities in older adults. METHODS: The study analyzed cross-sectional data from 270 older adults who participated in phase III of the Frailty in Brazilian Older People Study (...

Life satisfaction in Brazil: an exploration of theoretical correlates and age, period and cohort variations using the World Values Survey (1991-2014)*

This paper discusses some of the factors associated with life satisfaction in Brazil using four waves of the World Values Survey (1991 to 2014). Some results already described in the literature were confirmed, as we found that individuals who were married, employed, more religious, in better health, with...

Incidence, persistence and risk factors of fear of falling in older adults: cohort study (2008-2013) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To evaluate the incidence and persistence of fear of falling in older adults and the clinical/functional, psychosocial and lifestyle-related risk factors. METHODS A longitudinal study with 393 community-dwelling older adults aged 65 years and over (110 men/ 283 women) resident in t...

Fatores de risco associados aos níveis pressóricos elevados em universitários
Risk factors associated to high pressure levels in university students

Rev Rene (Online); 21 (), 2020
Objetivo: avaliar a associação dos fatores de risco com os níveis pressóricos elevados em universitários. Métodos: estudo descritivo, transversal, desenvolvido com 203 universitários, por meio de questionário autoaplicável, construído com base no instrumento para Vigilância de Fatores de Risco...

Self-esteem assessment of young female university students according to race/skin color criteria

Objective: to evaluate and compare the self-esteem of young female university students aged between 18 and 24 years old according to race/skin color criteria. Method: a cross-sectional and quantitative study, developed with 240 undergraduate female students from a public Brazilian university. Data colle...

Life after hemodialysis

Texto & contexto enferm; 29 (spe), 2020
ABSTRACT Objective: to know the problems people face as a consequence of chronic kidney disease and their hemodialysis treatment. Method: a qualitative, exploratory and descriptive study with 12 people who were undergoing hemodialysis in a reference hospital. Semi-structured interviews were carried ou...

Processed and ultra-processed food consumption are related to metabolic markers in hemodialysis subjects

Rev. Nutr. (Online); 33 (), 2020
ABSTRACT Objective To investigate the consumption of processed and ultra-processed foods and evaluate its relationship with the nutritional and metabolic status of hemodialysis patients in a single center in Brazil. Methods This cross-sectional study enrolled 73 individuals in hemodialysis (50 men and ...

Overweight in adolescents: food insecurity and multifactoriality in semiarid regions of pernambuco

ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate context of overweight adolescents from the semiarid and rural areas of Pernambuco, considering the multifactorial nature of the determinants of being overweight, and the food and nutritional insecurity conditions of the region. Methods: A population based cross-sect...

Alteração vocal em idosos ativos e fatores associados

Audiol., Commun. res; 25 (), 2020
RESUMO Objetivo Verificar a suspeição de alteração vocal em idosos ativos e a associação com aspectos sociodemográficos, hábitos de vida relacionados à voz e desvantagem vocal. Métodos Estudo observacional transversal realizado com 254 idosos usuários de academias públicas do município de ...

Widespread use of anti-retroviral therapy elevated the prevalence of dyslipidemia in HIV-infected Chinese patients

With the widespread use of high-efficiency antiretroviral therapy (HAART), the life expectancy of HIV-infected patients has been significantly extended. However, the metabolic complications among HIV-infected patients treated with HAART have become the most common problem in the world. It is very importa...