Boguszewski, Cesar L;
Huayllas, Martha Katherine P;
Vilar, Lucio;
Naves, Luciana Ansaneli;
Ribeiro-Oliveira Junior, Antonio;
Soares, Beatriz Santana;
Czepielewski, Mauro Antonio;
Abucham, Julio;
Correa-Silva, Silvia Regina;
Bronstein, Marcello Delano;
Jallad, Raquel Soares;
Duarte, Felipe Gaia;
Musolino, Nina Rosa;
Kasuki, Leandro;
Gadelha, Monica Roberto.
ABSTRACT Objective Investigate the therapeutic response of acromegaly patients to pegvisomant (PEGV) in a real-life, Brazilian multicenter study. Subjects and methods Characteristics of acromegaly patients treated with PEGV were reviewed at diagnosis, just before and during treatment. All patients wi...
Acromegalia/tratamiento farmacológico,
Adenoma/tratamiento farmacológico,
Glucemia/análisis,
Brasil,
Cabergolina/administración & dosificación,
Cabergolina/uso terapéutico,
Quimioterapia Combinada,
Hormona del Crecimiento/sangre,
Hormona de Crecimiento Humana/análogos & derivados,
Factor I del Crecimiento Similar a la Insulina/análisis,
Valor Predictivo de las Pruebas,
Receptores de Somatostatina/uso terapéutico,
Resultado del Tratamiento
ABSTRACT Objective To investigate the associations among visceral adiposity index (VAI), lipid accumulation product (LAP), body fat percentage (%), and android/gynoid ratio (A/G ratio) in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and verify if the parameters representative of visceral obesity correla...
Biomarcadores/sangre,
Glucemia/análisis,
Composición Corporal,
Distribución de la Grasa Corporal,
Proteína C-Reactiva/análisis,
Estudios Transversales,
Mediadores de Inflamación/sangre,
Insulina/sangre,
Grasa Intraabdominal,
Producto de la Acumulación de Lípidos,
Sobrepeso/sangre,
Síndrome del Ovario Poliquístico/sangre,
Sensibilidad y Especificidad,
Globulina de Unión a Hormona Sexual/análisis,
Testosterona/sangre
ABSTRACT Objective: The aim of this study was to carry out an epidemiological analysis of metabolic syndrome among Brazilian Army soldiers. Subjects and methods: Two thousand seven hundred and nineteen male soldiers of the Brazilian Army were evaluated from 2014 to 2016. Characteristics: age = 27.77 (�...
Biomarcadores,
Glucemia/análisis,
Presión Sanguínea,
Índice de Masa Corporal,
Brasil,
HDL-Colesterol/sangre,
Estudios Transversales,
Síndrome Metabólico/epidemiología,
Personal Militar/estadística & datos numéricos,
Oportunidad Relativa,
Prevalencia,
Factores de Riesgo,
Sensibilidad y Especificidad,
Triglicéridos/sangre,
Circunferencia de la Cintura
SUMMARY Heterotaxy syndrome (HS) is a rare congenital condition with multifactorial heritance, characterized by an abnormal arrangement of thoraco-abdominal organs and vessels. Patients present with multiple cardiac, gastrointestinal, hepatosplenic, pancreatic, renal, neurological and skeletal disorders ...
A dislipidemia é um achado comum, porém não determinante, na síndrome metabólica equina (SME). O objetivo do presente trabalho foi caracterizar a dislipidemia em animais obesos com risco de SME. Para isso, 18 éguas foram alocadas em grupos, de acordo com escore corporal (EC) de 1 a 9: no grupo idea...
Abstract Objective: Given the importance of incorporating simple and low-cost tools into the pediatric clinical setting to provide screening for insulin resistance, the present study sought to investigate whether waist-to-height ratio is comparable to biochemical markers for the discrimination of insuli...
Biomarcadores/análisis,
Glucemia/análisis,
Índice de Masa Corporal,
Brasil,
HDL-Colesterol/sangre,
Estudios Transversales,
Resistencia a la Insulina/fisiología,
Lipoproteínas HDL/sangre,
Síndrome Metabólico/sangre,
Síndrome Metabólico/fisiopatología,
Sobrepeso/sangre,
Sobrepeso/fisiopatología,
Triglicéridos/sangre,
Circunferencia de la Cintura/fisiología,
Relación Cintura-Estatura
Resumen: Objetivo: Estimar la asociación entre consumo de bebidas endulzadas (BE) con indicadores de adiposidad y riesgo metabólico en adultos jóvenes. Material y métodos: Se analizó la frecuencia de consumo de alimentos, índice de masa corporal (IMC), circunferencia de cintura (CC), grasa corp...
Adiposidad,
Glucemia/análisis,
Composición Corporal,
Índice de Masa Corporal,
Chile,
Estudios Transversales,
Encuestas sobre Dietas,
Conducta Alimentaria,
Análisis de Regresión,
Bebidas Azucaradas/efectos adversos,
Triglicéridos/sangre,
Circunferencia de la Cintura
Diabetes remains unique among the main non-communicable ailments (NCDs) recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO), apart from the circulatory diseases, tumours, and long-lasting respiratory ailments. The current study aimed to determine the correlation between ABCA1 gene polymorphismo and lipid p...
ABSTRACT Objective We investigated changes in body composition and nutritional and metabolic parameters in a group of postmenopausal women who were classified as sufficient, insufficient and deficient in vitamin D. Subjects and methods A total of 106 postmenopausal women were included in this cross-sec...
Glucemia/análisis,
Composición Corporal,
Índice de Masa Corporal,
Densidad Ósea,
Brasil/epidemiología,
LDL-Colesterol/sangre,
Estudios Transversales,
Estado Nutricional,
Posmenopausia/sangre,
Prevalencia,
Triglicéridos/sangre,
Vitamina D/sangre,
Deficiencia de Vitamina D/sangre,
Deficiencia de Vitamina D/epidemiología
ABSTRACT Purpose: Beta-thalassemia minor, a common hereditary blood disorder in Mediterranean countries such as Turkey, is associated with insulin resistance. Insulin resistance, in turn, can be associated with excessively high intraocular pressure and, therefore, intraocular pressure-induced blindness....
Glucemia/análisis,
Presión Sanguínea/fisiología,
Estudios de Casos y Controles,
Estudios Transversales,
Hemoglobina A2/análisis,
Insulina/sangre,
Resistencia a la Insulina/fisiología,
Presión Intraocular/fisiología,
Modelos Lineales,
Lipoproteínas HDL/sangre,
Lipoproteínas LDL/sangre,
Valores de Referencia,
Estadísticas no Paramétricas,
Tonometría Ocular,
Triglicéridos/sangre,
Talasemia beta/sangre,
Talasemia beta/fisiopatología
