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Masa ósea en mujeres de edad mediana del Policlínico 19 de abril
Bone Mass in Middle-Aged Women from Policlínico 19 de Abril of Havana

Introducción: La osteoporosis es una enfermedad esquelética difusa caracterizada por una disminución generalizada de la resistencia ósea, que predispone a un mayor riesgo de fracturas por fragilidad y está reconocida como un grave problema de salud. Objetivo: Determinar la masa ósea en mujeres de e...

Determinación de rangos de BCTx y N-MID Osteocalcina y asociación con Osteoporosis en mujeres chilenas posmenopáusicas

Rev. méd. Chile; 151 (7), 2023
INTRODUCCIÓN: La densitometría ósea (DO) tiene alta especificidad para el diagnóstico de osteoporosis, pero sensibilidad bajo lo óptimo para estimar el riesgo de fracturas. Éste, se puede calcular por algoritmos de predictores, y se ha propuesto incluir los marcadores óseos (MO), pero la magnitud ...

Affective response of postmenopausal women to resistance training on stable and unstable surfaces: a randomized cross-over study

Objective: To compare the affective response of postmenopausal women who undergo 6 weeks of resistance training on stable and unstable surfaces. Methods: This randomized counterbalanced cross-over study carried included 14 postmenopausal women (55 [SD, 3] years; height 1.55 [SD, 0.03] m; body mass 78.70 ...

Caracterización epidemiológica del cáncer de mama

Revagog (Impresa); 3 (2), 2021
Con el objetivo de realizar la caracterización epidemiológica del cáncer de mama de las pacientes que asisten a la consulta externa de ginecología oncológica en el Instituto Guatemalteco de Seguridad Social (IGSS) de enero a marzo de 2,018, se realizó un estudio descriptivo transversal en 155 paci...

Uso de testosterona en mujeres: un comentario sobre el consenso global sobre el uso de la terapia de testosterona para mujeres
Global consensus position statement on the use of testosterone therapy for women

Las mujeres han sido tratadas por décadas con testosterona intentando aliviar una gran variedad de síntomas con riesgos y beneficios inciertos. En la mayoría de los países, la testosterona se prescribe “off-label”, de modo que las mujeres están utilizando compuestos y dosis ideadas para tratamie...

Subacute effects of the number of Pilates exercise series on cardiovascular responses in hypertensive women

Motriz (Online); 26 (3), 2020
Abstract Aim: To evaluate the subacute effects of the number of Pilates exercise series (one and three) on the cardiovascular responses of medicated hypertensive women. Methods: Eight hypertensive and nine normotensive women underwent a Pilates session with low and high volume, and cardiovascular res...

Association of Severity of Coronary Lesions with Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women

Arq. bras. cardiol; 110 (3), 2018
Abstract Background: Coronary artery disease (CAD) and osteoporosis (OP) are common diseases in postmenopausal women. In both cross-sectional and longitudinal epidemiologic studies, low bone mass has been related to increased frequency of CAD. However, available data on the relationship between bone min...

The influence of exercise order on strength performance in post menopause women

OBJECTIVE: Verify the influence of different exercise orders on the performance of the number of maximal repetitions in older women. METHODS: Twelve older women (65.7 ± 5.6 years, 66.9 ± 9.5 kg, 1.56 ± 0.67 m, 27.4 ± 3.6 kg/m2) underwent four nonconsecutive visits and two different orders of Resista...

Age at first childbirth and newly diagnosed diabetes among postmenopausal women: a cross-sectional analysis of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)

Säo Paulo med. j; 135 (3), 2017
ABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: It has been reported that earlier age at first childbirth may increase the risk of adult-onset diabetes among postmenopausal women, a novel finding with important public health implications. To date, however, no known studies have attempted to replicate this finding. We ...

Obstructive sleep apnea in postmenopausal women: a comparative study using drug induced sleep endoscopy

Abstract Introduction: The key to successful treatment of OSAS is to individually tailor such treatment. Thus, it is very important to determine the severity of OSAS, its pattern, and the extent of collapse, by gender, age, and BMI. Objective: The objective of the study was to understand the characteri...