ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To evaluate the magnitude of wealth-related inequalities in basic activities of daily living among community-dwelling Brazilian older adults and to determine the contribution of demographic, socioeconomic, and health conditions to the inequality. METHODS We used data from the 2015 ...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To examine the factors associated with hospital use and their frequency in a nationally representative sample of the Brazilian population aged 50 years or older. METHODS Data from the baseline of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil), conducted in 2015-2016, were ...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To evaluate the occurrence and factors associated with multimorbidity among Brazilians aged 50 years and over. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study in a nation-based cohort of the non-institutionalized population in Brazil. Data were collected between 2015 and 2016. Multimorbidi...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence and factors associated with falls in a nationally representative sample of older Brazilians residing in urban areas. METHODS Data from 4,174 participants (60 years or older) from the baseline of ELSI-Brazil, conducted between 2015 and 2016, were used. The o...
Resumen Introducción: A nivel mundial, la tasa global de resistencia primaria y secundaria a los anti-retrovirales (ARV) es de 15 y 40%, respectivamente. Se desconoce su prevalencia en Uruguay. Objetivo: Conocer la prevalencia de resistencia a los ARV en niños y adolescentes uruguayos bajo 15 años d...
Resumen Introducción/antecedentes: La conducta suicida en el trastorno delirante (TD) ha sido escasamente estudiada. Objetivo: Profundizar en el conocimiento de las características demográficas, ambientales, psicosociales y clínicas del suicido en un grupo de pacientes con TD con la finalidad de co...
Introducción: en el desarrollo histórico de la humanidad las malformaciones congénitas se han presentado teniendo distintas explicaciones, atribuyéndoles significados que oscilan entre ciencia y superstición. Con la expresión diagnóstica prenatal de los defectos congénitos se agrupan aquellas acc...
Data on the association between subclinical thyroid dysfunction and coronary artery disease (CAD) is scarce. We aimed to analyze the association between thyroid function and CAD using baseline data from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil). We included subjects with normal thyro...
Biomarcadores/sangre,
Brasil,
Angiografía por Tomografía Computarizada,
Angiografía Coronaria,
Enfermedad de la Arteria Coronaria/sangre,
Enfermedad de la Arteria Coronaria/complicaciones,
Enfermedad de la Arteria Coronaria/diagnóstico por imagen,
Estudios Transversales,
Estudios Longitudinales,
Factores de Riesgo,
Enfermedades de la Tiroides/sangre,
Enfermedades de la Tiroides/complicaciones,
Enfermedades de la Tiroides/diagnóstico por imagen,
Pruebas de Función de la Tiroides,
Tirotropina/sangre,
Tiroxina/sangre
Simões, Bárbara dos Santos;
Cardoso, Letícia de Oliveira;
Benseñor, Isabela Judith Martins;
Schmidt, Maria Inês;
Duncan, Bruce Bartholow;
Luft, Vivian Cristine;
Molina, Maria del Carmen Bisi;
Barreto, Sandhi Maria;
Levy, Renata Bertazzi;
Giatti, Luana.
The objective of the study was to estimate the contribution of ultra-processed foods to total caloric intake and investigate whether it differs according to socioeconomic position. We analyzed baseline data from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil 2008-2010; N = 14.378) and data...
O objetivo deste estudo foi estimar a prevalência do fenótipo cintura hipertrigliceridêmica (FCH) em participantes do Estudo Longitudinal da Saúde do Adulto (ELSA-Brasil), identificar fatores de risco associados e comparar com outros indicadores de risco cardiovascular e metabólico. Trata-se de um e...
