Background: The World Health Organization recommends a minimum intake of 400 g or five servings of Fruits and Vegetables (FVs) per day for the prevention of chronic diseases. Objective: The present study aims to describe the prevalence and factors associated with inadequate FV intake in a sample of Angolan adults who participated in the CardioBengo study. Methods: It is a subset analysis of CardioBengo, a commu...
Aims: To identify the prevalence of major and minor electrocardiographic abnormalities and their association with the main risk factors for cardiovascular disease in a population in the province of Bengo, northern Angola. Methods: A cross-sectional community-based study was conducted and a representative random sample stratified by sex and age was selected. In total, 2379 black individuals were included in the ...
Background: Studies on the electrocardiogram findings in African pregnant women are limited. There is no information available in the literature on the electrocardiographic parameters of pregnant Angolan women. Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe electrocardiographic findings in women with normal pregnancies in Bengo Province, Angola. Methods: This is a community-based study with a cross-sectional...
Introdução: A fibrilhação auricular é a arritmia sustentada mais comum na população adulta com significado clínico, representando um importante problema de saúde pública. Não existe na literatura dados publicados acerca da prevalência da fibrilhação auricular em Angola. Objetivo: O presente estudo foi realizado com o objetivo de determinar a prevalência de fibrilhação auricular numa população do Bengo, uma prov...