Publications by authors named "Humberto Graner Moreira"
Background: The best anthropometric indicator to verify the association between obesity and hypertension (HTN) has not been established. We conducted this study to evaluate and compare the discriminatory power of waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) in relation to body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) in predicting HTN after 13 years of follow-up.
Methods: This study was an observational prospective cohort study performed in the city of Firminópolis, in Brazilian's midwest.
Background: Obesity is a chronic complex disease with an increasing prevalence around the world. Prospective studies in adult cohorts are needed to provide information about predictors of new-onset overweight/obesity on population-based levels. The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with the risk of an adult individual become overweight/obese after 13 years of follow-up.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: It is well known that the occurrence of bleeding increases in-hospital mortality in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS), and there is a good correlation between bleeding risk scores and bleeding incidence. However, the role of bleeding risk score as mortality predictor is poorly studied.
Objective: The main purpose of this paper was to analyze the role of bleeding risk score as in-hospital mortality predictor in a cohort of patients with ACS treated in a single cardiology tertiary center.
Objective: To assess the impact of hyperglycemia in different age-groups of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
Research Design And Methods: A total of 2,027 patients with AMI were categorized into one of five age-groups: <50 years (n = 301), ≥50 and <60 (n = 477), ≥60 and <70 (n = 545), ≥70 and <80 (n = 495), and ≥80 years (n = 209). Hyperglycemia was defined as initial glucose ≥115 mg/dL.
Background: arterial hypertension (AH) is a health problem that affects a large number of undiagnosed or inadequately treated hypertensive individuals and presents a high rate of treatment nonadherence.
Objective: to estimate the prevalence of AH and its correlation with some cardiovascular risk factors among the adult population of the town of Firminopolis, state of Goiás, Brazil.
Methods: descriptive, observational and cross-sectional population-based study of a simple random sample (age > 18 years): standardized questionnaires with blood pressure (BP) measurements (AH criterion: BP > 140 x 90 mmHg), weight, height, Body Mass Index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC).
[Hypertension and its association to anthropometric indexes in adults from a small city ln Brazil].
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992)
March 2011
Objective: Estimate the prevalence of Arterial Hypertension (AH) and its association with Body Mass Index (BMI) and Abdominal Circumference (AC) in the adult population from the city of Firminópolis, in the state of Goiás, Brazil.
Methods: Descriptive, observational, cross sectional population-based study substantiated by a home survey of a simple random sample (> or = 18 years old). The study evaluated 1168 individuals.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to assess the prevalence of hypertension and cardiovascular risk factors among adults in a major Brazilian city using surveys and health measurements.
- It found that 36.4% of participants had hypertension, with higher rates in males (41.8%) than females (31.8%), and identified links between hypertension and factors like age, Body Mass Index, and abdominal circumference.
- The results highlighted high levels of overweight (30%) and obesity (13.6%), along with a significant sedentary lifestyle (62.3%), indicating a need for targeted health interventions to address these issues.
Objective: To compare heart rate variability in normotensive and hypertensive individuals and to observe the behavior of the autonomic nervous system after treatment with angiotensin II-converting enzyme inhibitors.
Method: The study comprised 286 patients diagnosed with arterial hypertension (AH) for the first time and divided into 4 groups according to diastolic blood pressure (DBP) levels: group A -- DBP<90 mmHg; group B -- DBP 90-99 mmHg; group C -- DBP 100-109 mmHg; group D -- DBP>110 mmHg. Group A (110 healthy individuals) and group C (79 patients with moderate AH) underwent 24-hour Holter-ECG with analysis of heart rate variability in time domain (TD) and frequency domain (FD).