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Active Transportation and Obesity Indicators in Adults from Latin America: ELANS Multi-Country Study
(2020-09-24)
Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the association between active transportation and obesity indicators in adults from eight Latin American countries.
Methods: Data from the ELANS study, an observational ...
Are the diferent cut-of points for sitting time associated with excess weight in adults?: a population based study in Latin America
(2023)
Background: Excess weight is increasing worldwide, and in Latin America more than half of the population is excess weight. One of the reasons for this increase has been excessive sitting time. Still, it remains to be seen ...
Neck adipose tissue accumulation is associated with higher overall and central adiposity, a higher cardiometabolic risk, and a pro-inflammatory profile in young adults
(Springer, 2020)
Objectives Neck adipose tissue (NAT) volume increases with general adiposity, with fat accumulating in different neck tissue compartments. In patients with certain malignant/benign tumours, the accumulation of NAT, and ...
Anthropometric indicators of insulin resistance
(Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2017)
Anthropometric indicators predict metabolic syndrome diagnosis in maintenance hemodialysis patients
(American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 2015-09-04)
Obesity has been considered the key in metabolic syndrome (MetS) development, and fat accumulation may be responsible for the occurrence of metabolic abnormalities in hemodialysis patients. The use of gold-standard methods ...
Is mandatory screening for obstructive sleep apnea with polysomnography in all severely obese patients indicated?
(Springer, 2012-03-01)
The study aims to assess the risk factors for the presence and severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) among severely obese patients evaluated for bariatric surgery.Polysomnography recordings were performed in consecutive ...
Identificação de pontos de corte da circunferência do pescoço para determinação dos níveis de excesso de peso e predição do risco cardiometabólico em adolescentesIdentification neck circumference cut-off points in determination weight excess and prediction of cardiometabolic risk in adolescents
(Universidade Federal de SergipePós-Graduação em Ciências da SaúdeBrasilUFS, 2017)
Análise do risco para desenvolver apneia obstrutiva do sono na atenção primária e sua relação com medidas antropométricas, pico de fluxo expiratório e presença de comorbidades
(UNIFAP - Universidade Federal do AmapáBrasil, 16-12-2019)
Introduction: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is characterized by episodes of upper airway obstruction during sleep. About one third of primary care patients, describe symptoms suggestive of OSA and despite its significant ...