Objective: Estimate the prevalence of obesity and its associated factors among industrial workers.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional study of secondary data from workers aged 18 to 59 years in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Results: A total of 20,820 workers (12,372 men and 8448 women) were investigated.
Background: Hypertension is a serious and persistent public health problem and is one of the main causes of cardiovascular diseases and general mortality.
Objectives: This study aimed to verify the prevalence and factors associated with systemic arterial hypertension in workers from the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional study using the secondary data from 20,792 industry workers from 18 to 59 years of age.
Objectives: To explore the relationship between work-related stress and obesity among female shift workers. Additionally, we also aimed to test the interaction between shift work and work-related stress in this association.
Design: A cross-sectional study was conducted among Brazilian female shift workers.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between apolipoprotein E (APOE) allelic frequency, serum lipoproteins and breast cancer (BC). We conducted a nested case-control study within a cohort including 47 cases and 165 controls. Polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism analyses of the APOE polymorphism were performed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe scope of this study was to investigate alcohol consumption and its association with educational level, income and weight in a sample of women. It involved a cross-sectional study with 317 women. A standardized and pre-encoded questionnaire was applied to determine the amount, frequency and type of alcoholic beverage consumed.
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