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Genetic, sociodemographic and lifestyle factors associated with serum 25-hydrox...
Bezerra,Flávia Fioruci; Normando,Paula; Fonseca,Ana Carolina P.; Zembrzuski,Verônica; Campos-Junior,Mario; Cabello-Acero,Pedro Hernan; Faerstein,EduardoThis study aims to investigate factors associated with serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentration in Brazilian adults considering sociodemographic and lifestyle factors, as well as vitamin D-related single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). This is a cross-sectional study (n = 491; 34-79y; 251 women), nested within a prospective cohort (Pró-Saúde Study). Associations between serum 25(OH)D and sociodemograp...
Sociodemographic and health profile of asylum-seekers in Rio de Janeiro, 2016–2017
Cavalcante,João Roberto; Proença,Raquel; Cano,Ignacio; Trajman,Anete; Faerstein,EduardoABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze the sociodemographic profile and self-reported health conditions of asylum-seekers in Rio de Janeiro. METHODS A cross-sectional study of secondary data, collected from asylum claims forms completed in 2016 and 2017, at Cáritas Arquidiocesana do Rio de Janeiro (Cáritas-RJ). Descriptive analyses were performed and absolute and relative frequencies and 95% confidence intervals were ca...
Psychometric properties of a modified version of Brazilian household food insec...
Marques,Emanuele Souza; Oliveira,Aline Gaudard e Silva de; Faerstein,EduardoAbstract We present results of initial steps of the psychometric evaluation of a proposed modified version of the Brazilian Household Food Insecurity Measurement Scale aimed at assessing adults’ recall of food insecurity at age 12. Data were obtained through self-administered questionnaires from civil servants at university campuses in Rio de Janeiro, who participated in the first and fourth waves of the longit...
Diabetes and hypertension are associated with lowered cognitive performance amo...
Passos,Valéria Maria de Azeredo; Raymundo,Carlos Eduardo; Bezerra,Flávia Fioruci; Faerstein,EduardoABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular risk factors are frequently associated with lowered cognitive performance among elderly people, but rarely among middle-aged adults. OBJECTIVES: To investigate associations between cardiovascular risk factors (age, physical inactivity, smoking, alcohol use, hypertension and diabetes) and lower cognitive performance among middle-aged (45-64 years) Brazilian adults. DESIGN AND ...
Willingness to vaccinate against influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 among Brazilian civil ...
Werneck,Guilherme Loureiro; Faerstein,EduardoABSTRACT: Objective: To investigate sociodemographic factors associated with the willingness to take the pandemic influenza vaccine. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study of Brazilian civil servants participating in the fourth wave (2012–2013) of the longitudinal Pró-Saúde Study. Associations were expressed as odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI), estimated by multivariate logistic regressio...
Classification and regression trees for predicting the risk of a negative test ...
Souza,Fernanda Mattos; Prado,Thiago Nascimento do; Werneck,Guilherme Loureiro; Luiz,Ronir Raggio; Maciel,Ethel Leonor Noia; Faerstein,EduardoABSTRACT: Objectives: Healthcare workers (HCWs) have a high risk of acquiring tuberculosis infection (TBI). However, annual testing is resource-consuming. We aimed to develop a predictive model to identify HCWs best targeted for TBI screening. Methodology: We conducted a secondary analysis of previously published results of 708 HCWs working in primary care services in five Brazilian State capitals who underwent...
Determinantes sociodemográficos do padrão de consumo de alimentos: Estudo Pró-S...
Romeiro,Ariane Cristina Thoaldo; Curioni,Cintia Chaves; Bezerra,Flávia Fiorucci; Faerstein,EduardoRESUMO: Objetivos: Identificar padrões alimentares e investigar sua associação com aspectos sociodemográficos. Métodos: Análise de dados seccionais de uma subamostra da fase 4 do Estudo Pró-Saúde (EPS) (2012-2013), com 520 participantes. Obtiveram-se padrões alimentares por análise de componentes principais com base em um questionário de frequência alimentar. A associação entre os padrões alimentares e os aspec...
Pattern evolution of antidepressants and benzodiazepines use in a cohort
Alcantara,Geisy de Carvalho; Coutinho,Evandro Silva Freire; Faerstein,EduardoABSTRACT OBJECTIVE In recent decades there has been an increase in the use of antidepressants (AD) and a decrease in the use of benzodiazepines (BDZ). Prevalence, cumulative incidence, and factors associated with the incidence of AD and BDZ use in a Brazilian population were estimated in this article. METHODS Data were collected with a self-administered questionnaire in a cohort of employees from a university i...
Multimorbidade e uso de serviços de saúde em indivíduos com restrição de ativid...
Souza,Ana Sara Semeão de; Faerstein,Eduardo; Werneck,Guilherme LoureiroResumo: O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar o uso de serviços de saúde e sua associação com diferentes medidas de multimorbidade. Trata-se de um estudo transversal aninhado a uma investigação longitudinal de funcionários técnico-administrativos no Município do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil: Estudo Pró-Saúde. Foram analisados dados coletados na fase 2 (2001-2002), sendo a população de estudo composta por 733 indivíduos qu...
Consumo alimentar segundo o grau de processamento e características sociodemogr...
Berti,Talita Lelis; Rocha,Thalita Fialho da; Curioni,Cíntia Chaves; Verly Junior,Eliseu; Bezerra,Flávia Fioruci; Canella,Daniela SilvaRESUMO: Objetivo: Investigar o consumo alimentar segundo o grau de processamento e associações com características sociodemográficas. Métodos: Estudo transversal de subamostra do Estudo Pró-Saúde, com 520 funcionários públicos de campi universitários, Rio de Janeiro, 2012-13. Questionário de frequência alimentar foi utilizado para classificar o consumo alimentar: 1) in natura, minimamente processados, preparaçõ...