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Consistent declining trends in stroke mortality in Brazil: mission accomplished?
Passos,Valéria M. A.; Ishitani,Lenice H.; Franco,Glaura C.; Lana,Gustavo C.; Abreu,Daisy M. X.; Marinho,Maria de Fatima; França,Elisabeth B.ABSTRACT Stroke mortality rates are declining in Brazil, but diferences among regions need to be better investigated. The age-adjusted stroke mortality trends among adults (30-69 years-old) from Brazilian regions were studied between 1996 and 2011. Method Data were analyzed after: 1) reallocation of deaths with non-registered sex or age; 2) redistribution of garbage codes and 3) underreporting correction. A lin...
Obesity and underweight among Brazilian elderly: the Bambuí Health and Aging Study
Barreto,Sandhi M.; Passos,Valéria M. A.; Lima-Costa,Maria Fernanda F.The coexistence of obesity (body mass index, BMI > or = 30kg/m²) and underweight (BMI <= 20kg/m²) and related factors were investigated among all residents aged 60+ years in Bambuí, Minas Gerais State, using multinomial logistic regression. 1,451 (85.5%) of the town's elderly participated. Mean BMI was 25.0 (SD = 4.9kg/m²) and was higher for women and decreased with age. Prevalence of obesity was 12.5% and was ...
Leishmaniose tegumentar na Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte: aspectos clí...
Passos,Valéria M. A.; Barreto,Sandhi M.; Romanha,Alvaro J.; Krettli,Antoniana U.; Volpini,Ângela C.; Gontijo,Célia M.F.; Falcão,Alda L.Foram investigados aspectos clínicos, laboratoriais, terapêuticos e evolutivos da leishmaniose tegumentar americana em Belo Horizonte. O estudo incluiu 358 pacientes com leishmaniose cutânea (LC) e 25 com leishmaniose mucosa (LM). Comparados aos pacientes com LC, aqueles com LM apresentaram maior tempo de doença e relato de outras doenças concomitantes, sugerindo que a debilitação pela leishmaniose e/ou outras ...
Counseling blood donors seropositive for human T-lymphotropic virus types I and...
Passos,Valéria M. A.; Calazans,Fátima F.; Carneiro-Proietti,Anna Bárbara F.Human T-lymphotropic virus types I and II (HTLV-I/II) are blood-transmitted retroviruses associated with leukemia, myelopathy, and uveitis. From 51,135 eligible blood donors at the Fundação Hemominas tested in 1993, 689 (1.35%) were repeatedly reactive to HTLV-I/II antibodies by enzyme immunoassay and were notified accordingly. Routes of transmission and preventive measures were emphasized in the orientation. S...