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Translation and cultural adaptation into Brazilian Portuguese of the Finnish Di...
Barim,Estela Maria; McLellan,Kátia Cristina Portero; Ribeiro,Rogério Silicani; Carvalho,José Antonio Maluf de; Lindström,Jaana; Tuomilehto,JaakkoABSTRACT: Introduction: The Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC) is a tool that was initially developed to predict the risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults. This tool is simple, quick to apply, non-invasive, and low-cost. The aims of this study were to perform a translation and cultural adaptation of the original version of FINDRISC into Brazilian Portuguese and to assess test-retest reliabil...
Impact on the physical activity level of adults at high and very high risk of d...
Montenegro,Carla Giuliano de Sá Pinto; Pitta,Rafael Mathias; Marega,Marcio; Rica,Roberta L.; Polito,Luis Felipe Tubagi; Carvalho,José Antonio Maluf deAbstract Aims: The present study aimed to assess the effect of a 24-week intervention on the physical activity level among adults at risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2). Methods: It was included 129 individuals of both sexes who underwent the Preventive Health Check-up at the Albert Einstein Israelita Hospital between January and August 2010 and who were at high and very high risk of developing DM...
Physical activity as a protective factor for development of non-alcoholic fatty...
Pinto,Carla Giuliano de Sá; Marega,Marcio; Carvalho,José Antonio Maluf de; Carmona,Felipe Gambetta; Lopes,Carlos Eduardo Felix; Ceschini,Fabio LuisObjective To determine the impact of physical activity on the prevalence of fatty liver, metabolic and cardiovascular disease in adult men. Methods This study evaluated 1,399 men (40.7±8.18 years) with body mass index of 26.7kg/m2 (±3.4) who participated in the Protocol of Preventive Health Check-up at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein from January to October 2011. We conducted tests of serum blood glucose, to...
Check-up and cardiovascular risk progression: is there a room for innovation?
Conceição,Raquel Dilguerian de Oliveira; Laurinavicius,Antonio Gabriele; Kashiwagi,Nea Miwa; Carvalho,José Antonio Maluf de; Oliva,Carlos Alberto GarciaABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the impact of traditional check-up appointment on the progression of the cardiovascular risk throughout time. Methods: This retrospective cohort study included 11,126 medical records of asymptomatic executives who were evaluated between January, 2005 and October, 2008. Variables included participants’ demographics characteristics, smoking habit, history of cardiovascular diseases...
Relevância da pré-hipertensão como categoria diagnóstica em adultos assintomáticos
Nary,Fernando Costa; Santos,Raul D.; Laurinavicius,Antonio Gabriele; Conceição,Raquel Dilguerian de Oliveira; Carvalho,José Antonio Maluf deOBJETIVO: Avaliar a associação da pré-hipertensão com perfis metabólico, inflamatório e de risco cardiovascular em indivíduos assintomáticos. MÉTODOS: Entre 2006 a 2009, 11.011 adultos assintomáticos (média de idade de 43 anos; 22% mulheres) foram submetidos a protocolo de check-up, sendo classificados em 3 grupos: normotensos (pressão arterial<120x80mmHg), pré-hipertensos (pressão arterial= 120/80mmHg e <140/9...
Cardiovascular and metabolic syndrome risk among men with and without erectile ...
Zambon,João Paulo; Mendonça,Rafaela Rosalba de; Wroclawski,Marcelo Langer; Karam Junior,Amir; Santos,Raul D.; Carvalho,José Antonio Maluf deCONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Erectile dysfunction has been associated with cardiovascular diseases. The aim here was to evaluate cardiovascular risk through the Framingham Risk Score (FRS) criteria, C-reactive protein (CRP) assays and presence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in men with and without erectile dysfunction diagnosed within a healthcare program. DESIGN AND SETTING: A retrospective case-control study was conduc...