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The Impact of COVID-19 on the Cardiovascular System

Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras. (1992); 67 (supl.1), 2021
SUMMARY The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) induces coronavirus-19 disease (COVID-19), has affected many people in Brazil and worldwide. This disease predominantly affects the organs of the respiratory system, but it also damages the brain, liver, kidneys and especially the h...

Influência de polimorfismos nos genes antioxidantes GSTM1, GSTT1 e GSTP1 no desenvolvimento de complicações oftalmológicas em diabéticos tipo 2

Clin. biomed. res; 41 (2), 2021
Introdução: A diabetes tipo 2 (DM2) é uma desordem metabólica ocasionada pela disfunção das células beta pancreáticas que interferem na produção de insulina e/ou pela resistência dos órgãos alvos a esse hormônio. Níveis elevados de radicais livres em conjunto com o declínio das defesas an...

Is the waist/height ratio a better parameter than bmi in determining the cardiometabolic risk profile of obese people?

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 34 (3), 2021
ABSTRACT Background: The increased prevalence of obesity has led to a significant increase in the occurrence of metabolic syndrome, a recognized risk factor for increased morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular diseases. Hyperglycemia or type 2 diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia and arterial hypertensi...

Arterial stiffness in type 2 diabetes: determinants and indication of a discriminative value

Clinics; 76 (), 2021
OBJECTIVES: To identify the clinical discriminative value and determinants of arterial stiffness in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). METHODS: This prospective cohort study included 51 individuals (53.57±9.35 years) diagnosed with T2DM (stage glucose≥126 mg/dL; diagnostic time: 87...

Diabetes y enfermedad periodontal
Diabetes and periodontal disease

El objetivo de este trabajo fue establecer la relación entre el grado de enfermedad periodontal y el control metabólico de la glucemia en pacientes que padecen diabetes tipo 2. Es un estudio de tipo observacional, descriptivo, transversal. Se seleccionaron 42 pacientes con diagnóstico de diabetes mell...

Associations between new and old anthropometric indices with type 2 diabetes mellitus and risk of metabolic complications: a cross-sectional analytical study

Abstract Background Obesity can increase the risk of diabetes mellitus and complications associated with it. Objectives The aim of this study was to estimate the associations between new and old anthropometric indices and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and its metabolic complications. Met...

Aspectos clínicos y epidemiológicos de pacientes ingresados por diabetes mellitus de tipo 2 en el hospital de Moa
Clinical epidemiological aspects of patients admitted due to type 2 diabetes mellitus in the hospital of Moa

Medisan; 24 (6), 2020
Introducción: La diabetes mellitus de tipo 2 es una enfermedad crónica, considerada como un importante problema de salud a nivel mundial por su alta prevalencia y repercusión socioeconómica. Objetivo: Caracterizar a pacientes con diabetes mellitus de tipo 2 según variables clínicas y epidemioló...

Enfermedad arterial periférica asintomática en personas con diabetes de tipo 2
Asymptomatic peripheral arterial disease in people with type 2 diabetes

Introducción: La enfermedad arterial periférica es una complicación frecuente y devastadora en personas con diabetes. Esta puede evidenciarse desde los estadios de prediabetes; sin embargo, no está establecido cuándo realizar la pesquisa de los pacientes adultos jóvenes asintomáticos y con poco t...