ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To estimate the co-occurrence of the major risk factors for chronic diseases in adults (18-59 years old) and older people (≥ 60 years old) living in Brazilian state capitals and the Federal District. METHODS Cross-sectional study with population-based data from 35,448 adults ...
Distribución por Edad,
Factores de Edad,
Consumo de Bebidas Alcohólicas/efectos adversos,
Consumo de Bebidas Alcohólicas/epidemiología,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Enfermedad Crónica/epidemiología,
Comorbilidad,
Estudios Transversales,
Conductas de Riesgo para la Salud,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Sobrepeso/complicaciones,
Sobrepeso/epidemiología,
Prevalencia,
Medición de Riesgo/métodos,
Factores de Riesgo,
Conducta Sedentaria,
Distribución por Sexo,
Fumar/efectos adversos,
Fumar/epidemiología,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Organización Mundial de la Salud
ABSTRACT Objective: To associate the Maximal Oxygen Uptake (VO2max) with body fat percentage (%BF), and to establish the best VO2max cutoff point for predicting risk %BF in teenagers. Methods: This study was carried out with 979 subjects aged 10 to 18.8 years, 556 (56.8%) girls. The 20 m shuttle run ...
Tejido Adiposo,
Antropometría/métodos,
Composición Corporal,
Índice de Masa Corporal,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Capacidad Cardiovascular/psicología,
Obesidad/diagnóstico,
Obesidad/epidemiología,
Obesidad/fisiopatología,
Obesidad/prevención & control,
Consumo de Oxígeno,
Valor Predictivo de las Pruebas,
Medición de Riesgo/métodos,
Estudios Transversales
Abstract Introduction: Falls are an important adverse event among older adults. The St. Thomas's Falls Risk Assessment Tool in Older Adults (STRATIFY) is a tool to assess the risk of falls; however, it is not translated and adapted to Portuguese. Objective: To translate and perform a cross-cultural a...
ABSTRACT Objective: To characterize severe potential drug interactions in maternal intensive care, and to determine their frequency, risk factors and potential risk medications. Methods: An observational and longitudinal study conducted between December 2014 and December 2015 in a maternal intensive ca...
Brasil/epidemiología,
Estudios Transversales Seriados,
Diazepam/farmacología,
Interacciones Farmacológicas,
Efectos Colaterales y Reacciones Adversas Relacionados con Medicamentos/epidemiología,
Hospitalización/estadística & datos numéricos,
Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos/estadística & datos numéricos,
Modelos Logísticos,
Sulfato de Magnesio/farmacología,
Metoclopramida/farmacología,
Análisis Multivariante,
Embarazo/efectos de los fármacos,
Prevalencia,
Propranolol/farmacología,
Medición de Riesgo/métodos,
Factores de Riesgo,
Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad
Pharmaceuticals are contaminants of emerging concern which have been a target of increasing attention by the scientific community. Pharmaceuticals presenting high consumption, incomplete metabolism and incomplete removal at wastewater treatment plants have been frequently detected in aquatic ecosystems w...
Abstract This retrospective study evaluated the influence of known risk factors on nonsurgical periodontal treatment (NSPT) response using a pocket depth fine-tuning multilevel linear model (MLM). Overall, 37 patients (24 males and 13 females) with moderate-to-severe chronic periodontitis underwent NSPT....
Factores de Edad,
Análisis de Varianza,
Periodontitis Crónica/patología,
Periodontitis Crónica/terapia,
Índice de Placa Dental,
Estudios de Seguimiento,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Análisis Multinivel/métodos,
Pérdida de la Inserción Periodontal,
Índice Periodontal,
Valores de Referencia,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Medición de Riesgo/métodos,
Factores de Riesgo,
Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad,
Factores de Tiempo,
Resultado del Tratamiento
Background: Cytogenetic abnormalities observed in the bone marrow of patients with multiple myeloma (MM) are an important prognostic factor for risk stratification. Aim: To investigate karyotype characteristics and frequency of the high-risk cytogenetic abnormalities t(4;14), t(14;16) and del(17p) in Ch...
ABSTRACT Objective: To validate the Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index (PESI), which was developed for risk stratification after acute pulmonary embolism (PE), for use in Brazil. Methods: This was a single-center retrospective study involving patients admitted to the emergency department with acute PE. ...
Enfermedad Aguda,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Hospitalización/estadística & datos numéricos,
Estimación de Kaplan-Meier,
Prevalencia,
Pronóstico,
Embolia Pulmonar/complicaciones,
Embolia Pulmonar/diagnóstico,
Embolia Pulmonar/epidemiología,
Valores de Referencia,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Medición de Riesgo/métodos,
Factores de Riesgo,
Sensibilidad y Especificidad,
Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad,
Factores de Tiempo
Este estudo objetiva apresentar as etapas relacionadas à utilização de algoritmos de machine learning para análises preditivas em saúde. Para isso, foi realizada uma aplicação com base em dados de idosos residentes no Município de São Paulo, Brasil, participantes do estudo Saúde Bem-estar e Env...
ABSTRACT Introduction: A series of studies have evaluated the association between -592A>C and -819T>C polymorphisms in the promoter regions of Interleukin-10 (IL-10) and gastric cancer (GC) risk. However, the results remain inconclusive. Objective: To better understand the association of the poly...
