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