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Diretrizes Brasileiras de Hipertensão Arterial – 2020

Mortality for Critical Congenital Heart Diseases and Associated Risk Factors in...

Abstract Background: Congenital heart diseases are the most common type of congenital defects, and account for more deaths in the first year of life than any other condition, when infectious etiologies are ruled out. Objectives: To evaluate survival, and to identify risk factors in deaths in newborns with critical and/or complex congenital heart disease in the neonatal period. Methods: A cohort study, nested to...

ERICA: prevalences of hypertension and obesity in Brazilian adolescents

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of arterial hypertension and obesity and the population attributable fraction of hypertension that is due to obesity in Brazilian adolescents. METHODS Data from participants in the Brazilian Study of Cardiovascular Risks in Adolescents (ERICA), which was the first national school-based, cross-section study performed in Brazil were evaluated. The sample was divided i...

ERICA: prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Brazilian adolescents

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components in Brazilian adolescents. METHODS We evaluated 37,504 adolescents who were participants in the Study of Cardiovascular Risks in Adolescents (ERICA), a cross-sectional, school-based, national study. The adolescents, aged from 12 to 17 years, lived in cities with populations greater than 100,000 inhabitants. The sample was str...

Associação entre peso de nascimento e fatores de risco cardiovascular em adoles...

FUNDAMENTO: Peso ao nascer (PN) é um determinante de risco a médio e longo prazo de fatores de risco cardiovascular. OBJETIVO: Estudar a associação entre peso ao nascer e fatores de risco cardiovascular em adolescentes de Salvador. MÉTODOS: Estudo de corte transversal com grupos de comparação por PN. Amostra composta de 250 adolescentes, classificados segundo IMC: normal alto (&gt;p50 e <p85), sobrepeso (&gt;p8...

Pressão arterial: efeito do índice de massa corporal e da circunferência abdomi...

FUNDAMENTO: Aumento do índice de massa corporal (IMC) e da circunferência abdominal (CA) tem sido associado a elevação da pressão arterial. OBJETIVO: Avaliar o efeito do IMC e da CA sobre a pressão arterial (PA) de adolescentes. MÉTODOS: Estudo analítico de corte transversal. Selecionados 536 adolescentes, alunos de escolas públicas e privadas. Foram calculados IMC, classificado como normal alto (>p50 <p85), so...