Docosahexaenoic Acid and Sleep Quality in Very and Extreme Preterm Infants.

The results regarding the association of plasma docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) levels with sleep duration conflict. This study aimed to investigate the effect of oral administration of DHA on the sleep quality of Brazilian extreme preterm infants. This cohort study is part of the Joinville Docosahexaenoic Acid Study (JoiDHA) conducted with 59 infants in Joinville, Brazil.

Oral DHA supplementation and retinopathy of prematurity: the Joinville DHA Clinical Trial.

Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a leading cause of blindness in premature infants. The condition is associated with DHA deficiency. This study aimed to investigate the effect of DHA supplementation on the occurrence of ROP in infants receiving oral oil drops.

Direct costs for outpatient excess body weight treatment in Brazilian children and adolescents attending a public children's hospital.

Objective: To estimate the direct costs of treating excess body weight in children and adolescents attending a public children's hospital.

Methods: This study analyzed the costs of the disease within the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) for 2,221 patients with excess body weight using a microcosting approach. The costs included operational expenses, consultations, and laboratory and imaging tests obtained from medical records for the period from 2009 to 2019.

Waist circumference and blood pressure in Brazilian children.

Aim: We aimed to examine the association between waist circumference and blood pressure (BP) in children at 9 years of age.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 142 children enrolled in a cohort study conducted at the participants' homes in southern Brazil. SBP and DBP were measured using the auscultatory method.

Association of ADIPOQ-rs2241766 and FTO-rs9939609 genetic variants with body mass index trajectory in women of reproductive age over 6 years of follow-up: the PREDI study.

Background: Interindividual variations in body mass index (BMI) can be partially explained by genetic differences. We aimed to examine the association of the ADIPOQ-rs2241766, LEP-rs7799039 and FTO-rs9939609 genetic variants with BMI trajectory in women of reproductive age over 6 years of follow-up.

Methods: This was a prospective study that used data from 435 women of the PREDI Study conducted in Brazil.

Adiponectin and leptin gene variants and their effects on body weight trajectories in children from birth to 6 years of age: the PREDI Study.

Excess body weight confers a high risk to human health. Body weight variation between subjects can be partially explained by genetic differences. The aim of the present study was to investigate the association of genetic variants in the ADIPOQ (rs2241766) and LEP (rs7799039) genes with body weight trajectories in children from birth to 6 years of age.

Anthropometric measurements as a potential non-invasive alternative for the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome in adolescents.

Objective: To identify which anthropometric measurement would be the best predictor of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Brazilian adolescents.

Subjects And Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted on 222 adolescents (15-17 years) from a city in southern Brazil. Anthropometric, physical activity, blood pressure and biochemical parameters were investigated.

Association between FTO gene polymorphism and excess body weight in women from before to after pregnancy: A cohort study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the influence of the FTO-rs9939609 polymorphism on excess body weight in women during the reproductive transition from pre- to post-pregnancy.

Methods: This was a prospective cohort study covering a period extending from before pregnancy to 2 and 4 years after pregnancy. A total of 435 women were first included in the study and, at last follow-up, 220 of them continued to participate in the study.

Predictors of excess birth weight in Brazil: a systematic review.

Objective: To describe the main predictors for excess birth weight in Brazilian children.

Data Sources: Systematic review carried out in the bibliographic databases: PubMed/MEDLINE, Cochrane, Scopus, Web of Science, and LILACS. The research in the gray literature was performed using the Google Scholar database.

Breast-feeding duration for the prevention of excess body weight of mother-child pairs concurrently: a 2-year cohort study.

Objective: To examine the association between breast-feeding duration and the risk of excess body weight (children >85th percentile, mothers BMI≥25·0 kg/m2) concurrently in mother-child pairs two years after delivery.

Design: Prospective cohort study in Joinville, Brazil. Multivariable logistic regression was used to examine the independent relationship between breast-feeding duration and risk of excess body weight.

Independent effect of type of breastfeeding on overweight and obesity in children aged 12-24 months.

This study aimed to analyze the effect of type of breastfeeding on the nutritional status of children between 12-24 months of age. This cohort study included 435 children born in 2012 in a public hospital in Joinville, Santa Catarina State, Brazil. Two years after delivery the mothers and their children were contacted in their homes for a new investigation of demographic, economic, nutritional, and anthropometric data.

Cardiometabolic risk markers of normal weight and excess body weight in Brazilian adolescents.

Excess body weight leads to a variety of metabolic changes and increases the risk for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in adulthood. The objective of this study was to investigate the presence of risk markers for CVD among Brazilian adolescents of normal weight and with excess body weight. The markers included blood pressure, C-reactive protein, homocysteine, tumor necrosis factor alpha, fibrinogen, fasting insulin and glucose, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), leptin, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c), and triglycerides.

[Analysis of quality of life following hospital discharge among survivors of severe sepsis and septic shock].

Objective: Describe the impact of severe sepsis and septic shock on patients' quality of life following hospital discharge.

Methods: A controlled study conducted in two general hospitals of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil, of in-patients with severe sepsis or septic shock during the period of August 2005 through November 2007. The patients were contacted by telephone between June and November 2009.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery and their relation to mortality.

Objective: To describe the demographic and clinical characteristics and to test their relation to mortality in patients undergoing to coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG).

Methods: It is a retrospective study developed from the medical records of 655 patients undergoing CABG from May 2002 to April 2010.

Results: Hospital mortality was 12.