Maternal and early childhood factors associated with asthma and obesity in children aged 6 to 7 years: a case control study.

Objective: To determine the maternal and early childhood factors associated with asthma and obesity in children aged 6 to 7 years.

Methods: A case-control study conducted with children aged 6 to 7 years. Applications with questions about asthma symptoms in the last 12 months, maternal and childhood data in the first 2 years of life, and anthropometric data were collected.

The influence of titanium base abutments on peri-implant soft tissue inflammatory parameters and marginal bone loss: A randomized clinical trial.

Background: Some techniques in implant dentistry have been suggested that may potentially alter peri-implant soft and hard tissue parameters.

Purpose: To evaluate the peri-implant soft tissue inflammatory parameters and crestal bone loss around titanium base abutments.

Materials And Methods: Fifty two implants were placed in 21 patients and restored by single crowns.

Association between the use of magnesium sulfate as neuroprotector in prematurity and the neonatal hemodynamic effects.

Purpose: Cerebral palsy is often associated with prematurity and magnesium sulfate (MgSO) has been used as a neuroprotector, with favorable results. However, its mechanism of action has not been fully elucidated. This study aimed to evaluate the association between MgSO at the imminent premature delivery and neonatal hemodynamic effects.

Indicators of violence and asthma: An ecological study.

Background: Global studies on asthma point to socioeconomic status as one of the main variables in terms of prevalence and disease severity in various parts of the world. Social factors related to community violence have been linked to higher incidence of asthma in the current studies. This study investigates the relationship between indicators of both community violence and development and hospital admissions due to asthma.

[Prevalence and tobacco user profile in adult population in the South of Brazil (Joaçaba, SC)].

The tobacco consumption has been pointed as an epidemic and the prevention to the smoking habit is indicated as high priority for the public health of the nations. This is an observational cross-sectional study comprising a representative sample of an adult population in a Southern Brazilian city aiming to know the tobacco consumption prevalence and the profile of the smoker. Smokers' prevalence was 17.