Garlic passion fruit (Passiflora tenuifila Killip): Assessment of eventual acute toxicity, anxiolytic, sedative, and anticonvulsant effects using in vivo assays.

Several Passiflora species are known for their sedative and anxiolytic properties. However, the functional properties of Passiflora tenuifila Killip are still unexplored. The objective of this work was to evaluate the phenolic composition and acute toxicity, anxiolytic, sedative, and anticonvulsant effects using in vivo assays.

[Relation between oral health conditions and diabetes mellitus in a japanese population from Bauru-SP-Brazil].

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the oral health condition in a Japanese population aged 40 to 79, in Bauru, Brazil as well as its association with the occurrence of diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance. It involved 530 subjects, from both sexes. All persons of first generation (Issei) and a random sample of one third of second generation (Nisei) were submitted to a home interview.

[Weight excess and abdominal fat in the metabolic syndrome among Japanese-Brazilians].

Objective: Obesity, especially abdominal, has been associated with cardiovascular risk factors such as dyslipidemia, hypertension and diabetes mellitus (DM). The importance of these risk factors among Japanese-Brazilians was previously shown, although obesity is not a typical characteristic of Japanese migrants. In this study the prevalence of weight excess and central adiposity (CA) among Japanese-Brazilians and their association with metabolic disorders was evaluated.

Dietary patterns in a high-risk population for glucose intolerance. Japanese-Brazilian Diabetes Study Group.

We evaluated dietary habits as risk factor for glucose intolerance in a high risk population of Japanese-Brazilians enrolled in a study on the prevalence of diabetes (DM). Based on oral glucose tolerance test and WHO criteria, 331 had normal tolerance (NGT), 88 impaired tolerance (IGT) and 83 had type 2 DM (51 self-reported, 32 newly diagnosed diabetics). Clinical, laboratory and dietary data, assessed by food frequency questionnaire (FFQ), were compared between the NGT group and another composed of IGT and newly diagnosed DM (disturbed glucose tolerance or DGT group).

Weight gain in adulthood and risk of developing glucose tolerance disturbance: a study of a Japanese-Brazilian population. Japanese-Brazilian Diabetes Study Group.

We examined the data from 530 subjects enrolled in a survey on the prevalence of diabetes in a Japanese-Brazilian population aged 40-79 years. Past self-reported and current weight values were analysed. Student t test was used to compare anthropometric measures between subjects with and without disturbance of glucose tolerance (DGT), hypertension and dyslipidemia.

Comparison of glucose tolerance categories according to World Health Organization and American Diabetes Association diagnostic criteria in a population-based study in Brazil. The Japanese-Brazilian Diabetes Study Group.

Objective: To compare the prevalence of different categories of glucose tolerance in a Japanese-Brazihan population using World Health Organization (WHO) and American Diabetes Association (ADA) diagnostic criteria. RESEARCH DIVISION AND METHODS: The analyses were based on the data obtained from a study conducted in a representative sample of the Japanese-Brazilian population composed of 647 subjects (40-79 years) who were submitted to a 2-h oral glucose tolerance test. Prevalence of glucose tolerance categories and the level of agreement (K statistics) were obtained using WHO and ADA criteria.

[Increase in mortality associated with the presence of diabetes mellitus in Japanese-Brazilians].

Objective: As part of a study involving Japanese migrants, living in a developed city in the state of S. Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, a four-year experience of mortality among diabetic and non-diabetic subjects is described and their respective death rates are compared. In 1993, a cohort of 530 Japanese-Brazilians (236 issei or 1st generation and 294 nisei or 2nd generation) of both sexes, aged 40 from to 79 years old, were identified.

Is insulin or its precursor independently associated with hypertension? An epidemiological study in Japanese-Brazilians.

Japanese individuals living outside Japan are more susceptible to chronic diseases included in the insulin resistance syndrome. Hyperinsulinemia and hypertension are associated, but large studies adjusting for confounders are still required. The present evaluated if insulin (I) or proinsulin (PI) was associated with hypertension after adjustment for other risk factors, in first (n=238) and second (n=292) generation Japanese-Brazilians, aged 40 to 79 years, living in a developed city in Brazil.

Disturbances of glucose and lipid metabolism in first and second generation Japanese-Brazilians. Japanese-Brazilian Diabetes Study Group.

Increased prevalence of self-reported NIDDM in Japanese-Brazilians was reported when compared to Japan. This study aimed at determining the prevalence of NIDDM and IGT in Japanese-Brazilians living in the city of Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil. The impact of western environment on the frequency of obesity, dyslipidemia and hypertension was investigated.

Proinsulin and insulin levels according to glucose tolerance among Japanese-Brazilians, aged 40-79 years. Japanese-Brazilian Diabetes Study Group.

This study of the Japanese-Brazilians living in Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil, aimed at determining the prevalence of DM in the first (Issei) and second (Nisei) generations, according to WHO criteria. Insulin and proinsulin were determined by new immunofluorimetric assays (IMFA), that measure true insulin and intact proinsulin, at fasting and 2 h after glucose load. The data showed a very scattered distribution, so only medians are shown and no statistical testing applied.

Self-reported prevalence of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in the 1st (Issei) and 2nd (Nisei) generation of Japanese-Brazilians over 40 years of age.

The immigration of Japanese people to Brazil began in 1908 with two major waves, from 1925 to 1940 and from 1952 to the 1960s. Brazil has the largest population (about 1,288,000) of Japanese origin outside Japan with varying age groups. A mortality study revealed that diabetes as an underlying cause of death was higher in the first-generation Japanese than in Japan (3.

Concentration of vitamin A in the liver of foetuses and infants dying of various causes in Brasilia, Brazil.

The vitamin A concentration in liver samples taken at autopsy from the central portion of the right lobe of 57 infants 0-1 year old was determined by a dual spectrophotometric and colorimetric assay. Death was due to respiratory disease (30%), complications of premature birth (16%), infections (14%), hemorrhage (14%), pneumonia (10%), cerebral edema (7%), and miscellaneous causes (9%). Gross malnutrition was noted in only 2 of these children.

Hypertension and economic activities in São Paulo, Brazil.

A study of the prevalence of hypertension was undertaken among workers in 10 subsectors of the economy in São Paulo, a major urban-industrial area of Brazil. Included in the study were 5500 subjects 15-65 years of age, employed in 57 randomly selected firms. Hypertension rates (DBP greater than or equal to 90 mm Hg) were higher among males up to 44 years of age.

Placental involvement in schistosomiasis mansoni. Report of four cases.

The histopathological features of four cases of placental involvement in schistosomiasis mansoni are described. One of the pregnancies resulted in a normal newborn, the other three in stillbirths. Adult worms were found in the intervillous space in one case and in the decidual vessels in another.