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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in a national sample of older Brazilians: the ELSI-C...
Lima-Costa, Maria Fernanda; Macinko, James; Mambrini, Juliana Vaz de MeloObjective: To determine the prevalence and factors associated with the intention to vaccinate against COVID-19 among older Brazilians. Methods: Cross sectional study based on telephone interviews among participants of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil) aged 60 years and over, conducted in 70 mucipalities on March, 2021. Results: Among the 4,364 participants (mean age=70.1 years), 91.8% had ...
Whole-genome sequencing of 1,171 elderly admixed individuals from São Paulo, Br...
Naslavsky, Michel S.; Scliar, Marilia O.; Yamamoto, Guilherme L.; Wang, Jaqueline Yu Ting; Zverinova, Stepanka; Karp, Tatiana; Nunes, KellyMade available in DSpace on 2022-04-29T08:46:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2022-12-01; National Institute of General Medical Sciences; As whole-genome sequencing (WGS) becomes the gold standard tool for studying population genomics and medical applications, data on diverse non-European and admixed individuals are still scarce. Here, we present a high-coverage WGS dataset of 1,171 highly a...
Envelhecimento, multimorbidade e risco para COVID-19 grave: ELSI-Brasil
Nunes, Bruno; Souza, Ana Sara de; Nogueira, Januse; Andrade, Fabíola; Thumé, Elaine; Teixeira, Doralice; Lima-Costa, Maria FernandaO objetivo deste estudo foi medir a ocorrência de multimorbidade e estimar o número de indivíduos na população brasileira com 50 anos ou mais em risco para COVID-19 grave. Estudo transversal utilizando dados da linha de base do Estudo Longitudinal da Saúde dos Idosos Brasileiros (ELSI), conduzido em 2015–2016, com 9.412 indivíduos com 50 anos ou mais. O desfecho do estudo foi a ocorrência de multimorbidade base...
Protective behaviors for COVID-19 among Brazilian adults and elderly living wit...
Batista, Sandro Rogério; Semeão de Souza, Ana Sara; Nogueira, Januse; de Andrade, Fabíola Bof; Thumé, Elaine; Teixeira, Doralice Severo da CruzTo measure the occurrence of protective behaviors for COVID-19 and sociodemographic factors according to the occurrence of multimorbidity (MM) in the Brazilian population aged 50 or over was the objective of this study. We used data from telephone surveys among participants of ELSI (Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Elderly's Health), conducted between May and June 2020. The use of non-pharmacological prevention ...