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Socio-demographic and clinical profile of hypertensive patients accompanied by the family health strategy

Mundo Saúde (Online); 42 (4), 2018
Hypertension is a disease of high prevalence, affecting about seven million people in the world. The knowledge of risk factors, such as anthropometric, socioeconomic and health profiles, allows programming interventionist measures in health promotion. Therefore, this study aimed to characterize the socio...

Indicadores antropométricos, metabólicos e hemodinâmicos como preditores da síndrome metabólica em adolescentes
Anthropometric, metabolic and hemodynamic indicators as predictors of metabolic syndrome in adolescents

OBJETIVO: Predizer a síndrome metabólica em adolescentes a partir de indicadores antropométricos, metabólicos e hemodinâmicos por análise de sensibilidade e especificidade. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal, realizado entre julho de 2015 e março de 2016, com 186 adolescentes de oito escolas particulare...

Una escala para evaluación del riesgo de caídas en adultos mayores es útil para predecir lesiones
Scale for assessing the risk of falls in older adults is useful for predicting injuries

Consumo de bebidas energizantes en una población de escolares de Bogotá, Colombia

Rev. salud pública; 20 (5), 2018
RESUMEN Objetivo El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar el patrón de consumo de bebidas energizantes en una muestra de estudiantes de dos colegios públicos y dos privados de Bogotá. Método Se realizó un estudio transversal. Se incluyeron 671 escolares de 10 a 20 años. Se analizaron las medidas a...

Evaluación de los niveles de actividad física en universitarios mediante método directo

Rev. salud pública; 20 (5), 2018
RESUMEN Objetivo Identificar a través de un método de medición directo de la actividad física, las categorías en las que se ubican un grupo de estudiantes universitarios; así como relacionar estas categorías con variables de tipo sociodemográfico y antropométrico. Métodos Estudio de corte tra...

Lipid disorders among Black Africans non-users of lipid-lowering medication

ABSTRACT Objective: Angola is a sub-Saharan African country where the population has scarce access to lipidlowering medication. We sought to determine the frequency of lipid disorders among Angolan nonusers of lipid-lowering medication. Material and methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was carr...

Body fat percentage in adolescents from Curitiba-PR metropolitan region: reference data using LMS method

Abstract Percentile indicators, aided in its development by biomedical engineering, relative to body fat distribution in adolescents are able to help health professionals in better diagnosing overweight and obesity. The aim of this study was to calculate percentile values to body fat in adolescents aged ...

Growth achieved and correlation with blood pressure levels in schoolchildren

SUMMARY INTRODUCTION: The prevalence of systemic arterial hypertension in childhood has increased progressively OBJECTIVE: To analyze blood pressure and height reached by children in public schools in the South of Brazil. METHODS: This is a sectional study of a randomized sample of 1,082 students of s...

Meta, prescrição e infusão da terapia nutricional enteral de pacientes críticos em unidade de terapia intensiva

Arq. gastroenterol; 55 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Enteral nutritional therapy (ENT) is the best route for the nutrition of critically ill patients with improved impact on the clinical treatment of such patients. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the energy and protein supply of ENT in critically ill in-patients of an Intensive Care Unit...