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Prevalence of sarcopenia in kidney transplants and their association with deter...
Martins,Cleodice Alves; França,Ana Karina Teixeira da Cunha; Dias,Raimunda Sheyla Carneiro; Costa,Rayanna Cadilhe de Oliveira; Lemos,Antônio Pedro LeiteSUMMARY INTRODUCTION: Sarcopenia is characterized by the involuntary loss of lean body mass associated with a progressive reduction of muscle strength. OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of sarcopenia in kidney transplant recipients and its association with the determining factors that control muscle homeostasis. METHODS: We evaluated renal transplant recipients undergoing follow-up at the University Hospit...
Abdominal obesity and reduction of glomerular filtration
Dias,Raimunda Sheyla Carneiro; Calado,Isabela Leal; Alencar,Janete Daniel de; Hortegal,Elane Viana; Santos,Elton Jonh FreitasSUMMARY The objective was to evaluate the association between nutritional status and the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in remaining quilombolas. Cross-sectional study carried out on 32 remaining quilombola communities in the municipality of Alcântara-MA. The nutritional indicators (IN) used were: body mass index (BMI); Waist circumference (WC); Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR); Waist-to-height ratio (WHtR); conicity...