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Comportamento sedentário na cidade de São Paulo: ISA-Capital 2015

Rev. bras. epidemiol; 22 (), 2019
RESUMO: Introdução: O excessivo tempo sentado envolvido em atividades de baixo gasto energético (comportamento sedentário) pode contribuir para o desenvolvimento de doenças crônicas. Avaliar fatores associados a esse comportamento numa população é importante para identificação dos segmentos ...

Consumo alimentar segundo o grau de processamento e características sociodemográficas: Estudo Pró-Saúde

Rev. bras. epidemiol; 22 (), 2019
RESUMO: Objetivo: Investigar o consumo alimentar segundo o grau de processamento e associações com características sociodemográficas. Métodos: Estudo transversal de subamostra do Estudo Pró-Saúde, com 520 funcionários públicos de campi universitários, Rio de Janeiro, 2012-13. Questionário ...

Prolonged response to recombinant human erythropoietin treatment in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome at a single referral centre in Brazil

Clinics; 74 (), 2019
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effects of epoetin (EPO) alfa treatment on overall survival, event-free survival and response duration in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) who were treated at a haematological referral centre in northeastern Brazil. METHODS: This was a retrospective cohort study o...

The effects of cataract surgery on autonomic heart rate control: a prospective cross-sectional and analytical study

Clinics; 74 (), 2019
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to evaluate the effects of cataract surgery on cardiac autonomic modulation. METHODS: A cross-sectional and analytical study was conducted at the Hospital Maria Braido in the city of São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, between 2015 and 2016. We investigated 19 patients of both sexes wh...

Serum bilirubin is negatively associated with white blood cell count

Clinics; 74 (), 2019
OBJECTIVE: Bilirubin is considered an important antioxidant, anti-inflammatory factor and immunomodulator. The current investigation aimed to explore the association between bilirubin and white blood cell (WBC) count in a large Chinese cohort. METHODS: A total of 61091 participants (29259 males, 31832 f...

Impact of heart rate on reproducibility of heart rate variability analysis in the supine and standing positions in healthy men

Clinics; 74 (), 2019
OBJECTIVE: The reliability of heart rate variability (HRV) analysis is not yet fully understood, especially considering different body positions and the mathematical influence of heart rate. The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability of HRV in supine and standing positions, with and without ma...

Improvement in muscular strength and aerobic capacities in elderly people occurs independently of physical training type or exercise model

Clinics; 74 (), 2019
OBJECTIVES: Progressive decline of physiological processes with aging is normal. Aging is also associated with decreased functional capacity and onset of many diseases. This study evaluated the changes in physical fitness (PF), body composition (BC), and lipid profile (LP) in elderly men completing diffe...

Metabolic and hormonal assessment of adolescent and young adult women with prior premature adrenarche

Clinics; 74 (), 2019
OBJECTIVE: Follow-up studies of girls with premature adrenarche have reported the development of polycystic ovary syndrome, insulin resistance, and dyslipidemia and a propensity to cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to analyze the presence of these conditions in patients previously treated...

Effects of overnight fasting on handgrip strength in inpatients

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 17 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the effects of overnight fasting on handgrip strength of adult inpatients. Methods: A prospective clinical study enrolling 221 adult patients. The endpoints were handgrip strength obtained by dynamometry in three time points (morning after an overnight fasting, after ...

Cost-effectiveness analysis of abiraterone, docetaxel or placebo plus androgen deprivation therapy for hormone-sensitive advanced prostate cancer

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 17 (2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the addition of chemotherapy or abiraterone to androgen deprivation. Methods We developed an analytical model to determine the cost-effectiveness of the addition of docetaxel or abiraterone versus androgen deprivation therapy alone. Direct and ...