Objetivo: O Diabetes mellitus (DM) e a hipertensão arterial sistêmica (HAS) têm aumentado sistematicamente no mundo. No Brasil, as estimativas de internações e mortalidade por esses desfechos não são semelhantes entre as regiões. O objetivo desse estudo foi avaliar a prevalência de internações por DM e HAS bem como suas respectivas as taxas de mortalidade na cidade de Manaus, AM.Método: Trata-se de um estudo ep...
To analyze which anthropometric indicators better predict high blood pressure (HBP) in adolescentes. Method: 202 school children participated in the study (51.5% male). Anthropometric measures of body mass, height and waist circumference were collected and also the blood pressure (systolic and diastolic). The area under ROC curve was used to verify the diagnostic power of the anthropometric indicators – body ma...
Physical fitness (PF) is considered an excellent biomarker of health. One possible strategy to improve PF levels is active commuting. This review, performed accordingly to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews guidelines includes scientific articles published in peer-reviewed journals up to December 2019 that aim at examining the relationship between active travel/commuting and PF. The search was...