Resultados: 4

Factors associated with metabolic syndrome and quality of life of adults in a northeast brazilian municipality

Introduction: Metabolic Syndrome (MS) is currently considered a multi-factorial disease related to the asymptomatic, insidious, and deleterious inflammation that predisposes the individual to vulnerability by aggregating cardiovascular risk markers. Objective: to analyze the factors associated with Metab...

Cardiovascular Risk and Factors Associated to the Health in Hypertensive African Descent People Resident in Quilombola Community

Introduction: Hypertension is a cardiovascular risk factor of wide magnitude among people of African descent, especially those living in Quilombos. However, little is known about the factors associated with cardiovascular risk in residents of the urban Quilombola community. Objetive: To analyze the card...

Factors associated with knowledge of the disease in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Invest. educ. enferm; 39 (1), 2021
Objective. To identify factors associated with the level of knowledge of the disease in people with type 2 Diabetes. Methods. A cross-sectional study carried out with 412 people with diabetes registered in the Primary Health Care network of a Brazil Northeast municipality. For data collection, we used a ...

Different anthropometric indicators of central obesity can predict hypertension in older adults

Av. enferm; 37 (3), 2019
Abstract Objective: to investigate the association between hypertension and anthropometric indicators of central obesity, obtained from two anatomical sites in old adults. Methodology: a cross-sectional study including 145 elderly people, from whom socioeconomic and demographic data and anthropometric ...