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Visceral adiposity indicators and cardiovascular risk in hemodialytic patients
Melo,Dejane de Almeida; Santos,Alcione Miranda dos; Furtado,Elane Viana Hortegal; França,Ana Karina Teixeira; Santos,Elisângela Milhomem dosABSTRACT Objective: Cardiovascular diseases represent the main cause of death in chronic kidney disease (CKD). We aimed to evaluate the prevalence and association of the hypertriglyceridemia-waist phenotype (HWP) and visceral adiposity index (VAI) with cardiometabolic risk factors (CR) in patients with CKD on hemodialysis (HD). Materials and methods: The study is based on a cross-sectional design with 265 HD pa...
Síndrome metabólica em idosos de um aglomerado urbano subnormal: prevalência e ...
Aquino,Nathalia Barbosa de; Lira,Pedro Israel Cabral de; Oliveira,Juliana Souza; Batista Filho,Malaquias; Rissin,Anete; Caminha,Maria de Fátima CostaResumo Introdução A síndrome metabólica (SM) é o agrupamento de fatores de risco associados à adiposidade central e à resistência à insulina. Objetivo O objetivo desta pesquisa foi analisar a prevalência da SM e os fatores associados em idosos de uma comunidade do município de Recife, Pernambuco. Método Estudo transversal com 166 idosos de ambos os sexos com idade igual ou superior a 60 anos, residentes na Comu...
Problematization educational intervention to promote healthy habits in elderly ...
Borba,Anna Karla de Oliveira Tito; Arruda,Ilma Kruze Grande de; Marques,Ana Paula de Oliveira; Leal,Márcia Carrera Campos; Diniz,Alcides da SilvaABSTRACT Objective: to assess the effects of a problematization educational intervention to promote healthy habits in elderly people with diabetes. Methods: a randomized clinical trial conducted with 202 individuals drawn for the intervention group and the control group. The intervention consisted of problematization educational activities on a monthly basis for over six months. The control group participated i...
Prevalence of Systemic Arterial Hypertension and Associated Factors Among Adult...
Santiago,Emerson Rogério Costa; Diniz,Alcides da Silva; Oliveira,Juliana Souza; Leal,Vanessa Sá; Andrade,Maria Izabel Siqueira deAbstract Background: Systemic arterial hypertension is a substantial public health problem responsible for millions of deaths per year worldwide. However, little is known about the epidemiology of this disease in areas distant from large urban centers in Brazil. Such information is necessary to plan health promotion strategies. Objective: To estimate the prevalence of hypertension and determine its associated f...
Adiposity, inflammation and fat-soluble vitamins in adolescents
Paes-Silva,Rebecca Peixoto; Gadelha,Patrícia Calado Ferreira Pinheiro; Lemos,Maria da Conceição Chaves de; Castro,Célia Maria Machado Barbosa deAbstract Objective: Evaluate the association between inflammatory process, adiposity, and vitamins A, D, and E in adolescents, according to gender. Methods: Cross-sectional study with adolescents aged 12-19 years old of both genders attending public schools in Recife. A questionnaire was used to collect data on socioeconomic level, lifestyle, and food intake of adolescents. Then, an anthropometric evaluation an...
Pesquisa Translacional em vitamina A: do ensaio randomizado à intervenção e à a...
Santos,Leonor Maria Pacheco; Martins,Maisa Cruz; Almeida,Aléssio Tony Cavalcante de; Diniz,Alcides da Silva; Barreto,Mauricio LimaRESUMO A Pesquisa Translacional é interdisciplinar e está apoiada em três pilares: pesquisa de bancada (básica), leito (aplicações clínicas) e comunidade (aplicações nos sistemas de saúde). O estudo, baseado nos cinco estágios da Pesquisa Translacional, resgatou o histórico da deficiência de vitamina A e da cegueira nutricional no Brasil (T0); o caminho da descoberta científica à escolha da intervenção – suplem...
Conhecimento sobre o diabetes e atitude para o autocuidado de idosos na atenção...
Borba,Anna Karla de Oliveira Tito; Arruda,Ilma Kruze Grande; Marques,Ana Paula de Oliveira; Leal,Márcia Carréra Campos; Diniz,Alcides da SilvaResumo Objetivou-se avaliar o conhecimento sobre o diabetes, a atitude para o autocuidado e os fatores associados, por meio de estudo transversal, na linha de base de um ensaio clínico randomizado, com idosos diabéticos na atenção primária de saúde do Recife, Nordeste do Brasil. Utilizou-se o Diabetes Knowledge Scale (DKN-A) e o Diabetes Attitudes Questionnaire (ATT-19). Dos 202 idosos, 77,7% apresentaram conhe...
Waist circumference measurement sites and their association with visceral and s...
Pinho,Cláudia Porto Sabino; Diniz,Alcides da Silva; Arruda,Ilma Kruze Grande de; Leite,Ana Paula Dornelas Leão; Petribu,Marina de Moraes VasconcelosABSTRACT Objectives: To estimate the degree of variability of the waist circumference (WC) when obtained in different anatomical sites and compare the performance of the measurement sites as predictors of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) and cardiometabolic abnormalities. Subjects and methods: Cross-sectional study involving 119 individuals with overweight (50.3 ± 12.2 years),...
Binge drinking and illicit drug use among adolescent students
Raposo,Jakelline Cipriano dos Santos; Costa,Ana Carolina de Queiroz; Valença,Paula Andréa de Melo; Zarzar,Patrícia Maria; Diniz,Alcides da SilvaABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of illicit drug use and its association with binge drinking and sociodemographic factors among adolescent students. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study with probabilistic conglomerate sampling, involving 1,154 students, aged 13 to 19 years old, from the public school system, in the city of Olinda, State of Pernambuco, Brazil, carried out in 2014. We used the You...
Central adiposity among elderly women in a gerontology-geriatric unit
Souza,Marla Caroline Martins de; Nóbrega,Soraya Silva; Tomiya,Marilia Tokilko Oliveira; Arruda,Ilma Kruze Grande de; Diniz,Alcides da SilvaAbstract Objective: To evaluate central adiposity in elderly women in a gerontology-geriatric care unit of the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (the Federal University of Pernambuco). Method: A cross-sectional study involving a sample of 182 elderly women, aged from 60 to 89 years, who received care from January to July 2011, was performed. The variables analyzed were the socio-economic and demographic condit...