Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Educação em Ambiente e Saúde. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.; Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Muniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil.; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Escola de Medicina e Hospital das Clínicas. EBSERH. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.; Universidade de São Paulo. Escola de Medicina. São Paulo, SP, Brasil.; Universidade Federal do Rio Gran...
Introduction: The thrombin generation assay (TGA) assesses the risk of developing thrombotic events. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the use of oral contraceptives (OCs) and hormone therapy (HT) with the TGA and resistance to activated protein C (APC). Methods: Cross-sectional study with women from the Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil). TGA was performed by the CA...
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Studies have shown that acute coffee ingestion can affect cardiovascular autonomic activity, although the chronic effects on heart rate variability (HRV) remain controversial. Method: A cross-sectional study with baseline data (2008–2010) from ELSA-Brasil cohort of 15,105 (aged 35–74), based in six Brazilian states. Coffee consumption in the previous 12 months was measured using the semi-quantitative food frequ...
Pretos e pardos no Brasil e negros nos Estados Unidos têm risco aumentado de desenvolver hipertensão arterial, quando comparados com brancos, mas as causas dessa desigualdade ainda são pouco compreendidas. Fatores psicossociais e contextuais, inclusive discriminação racial, têm sido apontados como condições associadas a essa desigualdade. O estudo teve como objetivo identificar a associação entre discriminação ...