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COVID-Inconfidentes - SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in two Brazilian urban areas du...
Meireles, Adriana Lucia; Lourenção, Luciano Garcia; Menezes Junior, Luiz Antônio Alves de; Coletro, Hillary Nascimento; Justiniano, Irene Carolina SousaBackground: A population study is an important tool that can be used to understand the actual epidemiological scenario of the Covid-19 in different territories, identify its magnitude, understand its transmission dynamics, and its demographic, geographical, and social distribution. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the population of two Braz...
Factors associated with non-use of condoms and prevalence of HIV, viral hepatit...
Barbosa, Keila Furbino; Batista, Aline Priscila; Nacife, Maria Beatriz Pena e Silva Leite; Vianna, Valeska Natiely; Oliveira, Wandeir Wagner deObjective: to investigate socio-demographic factors associated with non-use of condoms, and to describe the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STI) in rural communities of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2014 to 2016. Methods: data were gathered from individual interviews and rapid tests were performed; associations were tested using Poisson regression, with a 95% confidence interval (95%CI). Resu...
Ancestralidade genética e marcadores de risco para a doença cardiovascular em d...
Batista, Aline PriscilaPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas. Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Biológicas, Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa de Pós Graduação, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto.; Essa proposta pretende determinar a associação entre marcadores informativos de ancestralidade genética (MIAs), marcadores genéticos e os fatores de risco cardiovascular (FRCV) clássicos nos distritos de Lavras Novas, Chapada e Santo Antôni...
CXCL-16, IL-17, and bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2) are associated with ov...
Ribeiro, Silvana Mara Luz Turbino; Lopes, Laís Roquete; Costa, Guilherme de Paula; Figueiredo, Vivian Paulino; Bajracharya, Deena ShresthaThe current concept of overweight/obesity is most likely related to a combination of increased caloric intake and decreased energy expenditure. Widespread inflammation, associated with both conditions, appears to contribute to the development of some obesity-related comorbidities. Interventions that directly or indirectly target individuals at high risk of developing obesity have been largely proposed because o...
Hypovitaminosis D is associated with visceral adiposity, high levels of low-den...
Batista, Aline Priscila; Ambrosim, Ticiana Vazzoler; Nascimento Neto, Raimundo Marques do; Pimenta, Fausto Aloísio PedrosaBackground: Studies suggest that there is a strong association between low vitamin D levels and cardiovascular disease (CVD) and its risk factors (RFs). Hypovitaminosis D (25(OH)D < 30 ng/mL or 75 nmol/L) is a recent public health problem that has reached different populations. The objective of the study was to investigate whether hypovitaminosis D is an additional mechanism to explain the disturbances in the l...
Hipovitaminose D associa-se a adiposidade visceral, níveis elevados de lipoprot...
Batista, Aline PriscilaPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto.; Introdução : O termo vitamina D compreende um grupo de moléculas secoesteroídes, atuando classicamente no metabolismo ósseo e na homeostase do cálcio. Seres humanos obtém a vitamina D pela fotoativação na pele através da exposição aos raios solares ultravioleta B e pela ingestão na d...