Clustering of risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases in low-income, female adolescents.

Objective: To assess the prevalence and clustering patterns of cardiometabolic risk factors among low-income, female adolescents.

Materials And Methods: Cross-sectional study involving 196 students of public schools (11-19 years old). The following risk factors were considered in the analysis: excess weight, central obesity, dyslipidemia, high blood pressure, and high fasting glucose.

[Tibolone treatment of diabetic postmenopausal women: clinical and laboratory safety parameters].

Objective: To determine the clinical-laboratory safety profile of tibolone treatment in postmenopausal women with NIDDM.

Method: a prospective, longitudinal, open and uncontrolled study involving 24 postmenopausal women with NIDDM sequentially treated with placebo (6 months) and 2.5 mg/day tibolone (6 months).