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ERICA: prevalences of hypertension and obesity in Brazilian adolescents
Bloch,Katia Vergetti; Klein,Carlos Henrique; Szklo,Moyses; Kuschnir,Maria Cristina C; Abreu,Gabriela de Azevedo; Barufaldi,Laura AugustaABSTRACT 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
Kuschnir,Maria Cristina C; Bloch,Katia Vergetti; Szklo,Moyses; Klein,Carlos Henrique; Barufaldi,Laura Augusta; Abreu,Gabriela de Azevedo; Schaan,BeatrizABSTRACT 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...