Sex differences in the relationship between hepatic steatosis, mood and anxiety disorders.

Objective: To investigate the association between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), alcoholic liver disease (ALD), mental symptoms (mood, anxiety disorders and distress) by sex.

Methods: This a cross-sectional study performed in working-age adults from a Health Promotion Center (primary care) in São Paulo, Brazil. Self-reported mental symptoms from rating scales (21-item Beck Anxiety Inventory, Patient Health Questionnaire-9, and K6 distress scale) were evaluated by hepatic steatosis (NAFLD and ALD).

Neck circumference as a marker of body adiposity in young to middle-aged adults.

Objective: Neck circumference (NC) is a straightforward method for quantifying upper body adiposity without the limitations that other indices can have. Thus, this study aimed to analyze the relationship between NC, overall (body mass index [BMI]) and central obesity (waist circumference [WC]), and percentage of body fat (BF%) in men and women.

Methods: The associations with NC quartiles (first quartile: reference group), BMI ≥30 kg/m, WC (>102 cm for men and >88 cm for women), and high BF% (≥21 for men and ≥29 for women) were compared and analyzed by logistic regression models adjusted for demographic characteristics, cardiovascular risk factors, and lean mass.

Anxiety, Depression, and Anger in Bruxism: A Cross-sectional Study among Adult Attendees of a Preventive Center.

The relationship between emotional symptom and bruxism is not well-established. We aimed to investigate sleeping bruxism and psychological factors. A cross-sectional study was performed in working-age adults attended in general outpatient service.

Dimensions of Anger Reactions (DAR-5): a useful screening tool for anger in the general population.

Background: Dimensions of Anger Reactions (DAR-5) is a brief 5-item instrument to assess experience of anger. We aimed to verify the DAR-5 as a screening instrument in the community.

Methods: A sample of 368 apparently healthy adults who attended an outpatient ambulatory facility self-reported on the DAR-5 scale, the Spielberger's State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI), the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), and the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9).

Combination of amlodipine and enalapril in hypertensive patients with coronary disease.

Background: Patients (pts) with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) can benefit from a decrease in the blood pressure (BP), according to recent studies.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of the fixed combination: amlodipine + enalapril, when compared to amlodipine in the normalization of the diastolic arterial pressure (DAP) (<85 mmHg), in pts with CAD and systemic arterial hypertension (SAH).

Methods: Double-blind and randomized study, with two groups of pts with DAP > or =90 and <110 mmHg and CAD.

Transmyocardial laser revascularization plus cell therapy for refractory angina.

We report that the use of transmyocardial laser revascularization combined with intramyocardial injection is a therapeutic option for patients with severe ischemic heart disease (IHD) not amenable to conventional myocardial revascularization. Recently, cell therapy with autologous bone marrow cells (BMC) has been tested in clinical trials for severe IHD. We tested the hypothesis that TMLR combined with intramyocardial injection of BMC is safe, and may help increase the functional capacity and myocardial perfusion in patients with refractory angina.