Publications by authors named "Elizabete J Pinto"
Article Synopsis
- Preterm, low-birth weight (LBW), and small-for-gestational age (SGA) newborns are at increased risk for poor health outcomes, impacting their growth trajectories.
- The study examines growth patterns and recovery in the first 5 years of life among these vulnerable groups using extensive data from Brazil, focusing on height/length-for-age and weight-for-age z-scores.
- Findings indicate that while growth recovery begins around 12 months for term infants, preterm infants lag, especially females, with significant catch-up growth occurring later for males between 24-59 months, revealing distinct recovery dynamics based on vulnerability phenotype.
Objective: This study aimed to identify the seroprevalence of celiac disease in adolescents from public schools in the city of Salvador, Bahia.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study with probabilistic sample of 1,213 adolescents, aged 11 to 17 years old, of both genders. The body mass index was used to determine the participants' nutritional status based on the percentiles for age and gender recommended by the World Health Organization.
Objective: To identify the prevalence of body image dissatisfaction and associated factors among students in Salvador, Brazil.
Methods: A cross-sectional study involving a random sample of 1,494 (852 girls and 642 boys) adolescents between 11 and 17 years of age who were students in the public schools in Salvador, Brazil. Participants completed the Body Shape Questionnaire and the Eating Attitudes Test-26.
Objective: This study aimed to identify the prevalence of hypertriglyceridemic waist (HTW) phenotype, and to evaluate its association with metabolic abnormalities in adolescents of low socioeconomic status.
Method: This was a cross-sectional study with a random sample of 1,076 adolescents between 11 and 17 years, of both genders, from public schools. The participants underwent anthropometric measurements (weight, height, and waist circumference), and levels of total cholesterol, low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), non-HDL cholesterol, triglyceride (TG), and fasting glucose were measured.