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Anthropometric status of individuals with COPD in the city of São Paulo, Brazil...
Marchioro,Josiane; Gazzotti,Mariana Rodrigues; Moreira,Graciane Laender; Manzano,Beatriz Martins; Menezes,Ana Maria Baptista; Perez-Padilla,RogélioABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the anthropometric data obtained for residents of the city of São Paulo, Brazil, in a study of Latin America conducted in two phases (baseline, in 2003, and follow-up, in 2012). Methods: This was an analysis of data obtained for São Paulo residents in a two-phase population-based study evaluating the prevalence of COPD and its relationship with certain risk factors among individu...
Incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease based on three spirometric d...
Moreira,Graciane Laender; Gazzotti,Mariana Rodrigues; Manzano,Beatriz Martins; Nascimento,Oliver; Perez-Padilla,Rogelio; Menezes,Ana Maria BaptistaCONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a respiratory disease of high prevalence and socioeconomic impact worldwide. It affects approximately 16% of the population of São Paulo. The incidence of COPD is still unknown in Brazil. The aim of this study was to estimate new cases of COPD in a population-based sample in São Paulo, Brazil, using three different spirometric diagnostic cri...
PLATINO, a nine-year follow-up study of COPD in the city of São Paulo, Brazil: ...
Moreira,Graciane Laender; Manzano,Beatriz Martins; Gazzotti,Mariana Rodrigues; Nascimento,Oliver Augusto; Perez-Padilla,RogelioOBJECTIVE: To determine the underdiagnosis rate in new COPD cases at the end of a nine-year follow-up period-in the study designated "Projeto Latino-Americano de Investigação em Obstrução Pulmonar" (PLATINO, Latin-American Pulmonary Obstruction Investigation Project)-and compare that with the underdiagnosis rate during the initial phase of the study, as well as to identify the clinical features exhibited by the...
Validation and development of an immunonephelometric assay for the determinatio...
Zillmer,Laura Russo; Russo,Rodrigo; Manzano,Beatriz Martins; Ivanaga,Ivan; Nascimento,Oliver Augusto; Souza,Altay Alves Lino de; Santos Junior,GildoOBJECTIVE: To validate and develop an immunonephelometric assay for the determination of alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) levels in dried blood spots from COPD patients in Brazil. METHODS: We determined AAT levels in serum samples and dried blood spots from 192 COPD patients. For the preparation of dried blood spots, a disk (diameter, 6 mm) was placed into a tube, eluted with 200 µL of PBS, and stored overnight at 4ºC...
Efeitos agudos do tabagismo sobre a modulação autonômica: análise por meio do p...
Manzano,Beatriz Martins; Vanderlei,Luiz Carlos Marques; Ramos,Ercy Mara; Ramos,DioneiFUNDAMENTO: O tabagismo altera a função autonômica. OBJETIVO: Investigar os efeitos agudos do tabagismo sobre a modulação autonômica e a recuperação dos índices de variabilidade de frequência cardíaca (VFC) pós-fumo, por meio do plot de Poincaré e índices lineares. MÉTODOS: Foram avaliados 25 fumantes jovens, os quais tiveram a frequência cardíaca analisada, batimento a batimento, na posição sentada, após 8 hor...