Physical violence and associated factors in participants of the National Student Health Survey (NSHS).

The objective of this article was to analyze the association between physical violence in students with socioeconomic factors, family context, mental health, individual risky behaviors, and unsafe environment. Study with data from the National School Health Survey (NSHS) in 2015, with 9th graders. The outcome variable was the report of involvement in a physical struggle and the associated exposure variables used were related to socioeconomic and demographic conditions, family supervision and support, mental health, risky behaviors, and unsafe environment.

Factors associated with glycemic control in a sample of individuals with Diabetes Mellitus taken from the Longitudinal Study of Adult Health, Brazil, 2008-2010.

Objective: to investigate factors associated with glycemic control in individuals with diabetes mellitus (DM).

Methods: this was a cross-sectional study, with participants in the Longitudinal Study of Adult Health with self-reported DM; binomial logistic regression was used.

Results: 1,242 individuals were included; 54.

Common mental disorders and socioeconomic status in adolescents of ERICA.

Introduction: Adolescence is a stage of great social, family and emotional demands, and the literature has related common mental disorder (CMD) with poor living conditions.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between CMD and socioeconomic status in Brazilian adolescents aged 12 to 17 years.

Method: This is a cross-sectional study with data from the Study of Cardiovascular Risk in Adolescents (ERICA - Estudo de Riscos Cardiovasculares em Adolescentes).

[Associations between consumption of dairy products, C-reactive protein, and lipid profile in adults: results of the ELSA-Brasil study].

Lipid abnormalities and subclinical systemic inflammation are associated with atherosclerosis and are used as markers of cardiovascular risk. Studies have suggested a possible beneficial effect of dairy products on cardiovascular health, but the results in lipid and inflammatory markers are still controversial. This study aimed to assess the association between consumption of dairy products and their different subgroups and C-reactive protein (CRP), LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C), and triglyceride/HDL-cholesterol ratio (TG/HDL-C) in participants in the Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) (n = 9,372).

Factors associated with tuberculosis in a population of diabetics: A case-control study.

This study analyzed the factors associated with tuberculosis in diabetics seen at health units of Vitória, ES, Brazil. This is a case-control study of 45 cases of diabetics seen in the 30 units of the municipality and reported in the SINAN with a diagnosis of tuberculosis in the 2007-2013 period and 90 cases of diabetic controls. We used data from the SINAN, the Health Information System of Vitória, and the Central Municipal Laboratory, as well a structured interview.

Factors associated with urinary sodium/potassium ratio in participants in the ELSA-Brazil study.

This study aimed to identify sociodemographic factors associated with high estimated sodium/potassium ratio. A total of 15,105 participants were assessed, from 35 to 74 years of age, from a cohort of public employees (ELSA-Brazil). Socioeconomic data were collected with a questionnaire, and 12-hour nighttime urine samples were collected to estimate sodium and potassium intake.

Associations of Dairy Intake with Arterial Stiffness in Brazilian Adults: The Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil).

Recent studies have suggested the possible effect of dairy product intake on cardiovascular risk markers, including arterial stiffness. Our aim was to investigate whether dairy food intake is associated with arterial stiffness, which we assessed by carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) and pulse pressure (PP) in a cross-sectional analysis of baseline data (2008–2010; = 12,892) of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil). Dairy consumption was evaluated with a validated food-frequency questionnaire (FFQ) by computing servings per day for total and subgroups of dairy products.

Validation of single measurement of 12-hour urine excretion for estimation of sodium and potassium intake. A longitudinal study.

Background: Evaluation of sodium and potassium intake can be carried out using different methods. Biological markers are able to capture intra and inter-individual variability and are used as separate measurements of consumption. The aim of this study was to test the validity of a single measurement of urinary sodium and potassium excretion as representative of habitual intake.

Quality of infant care in primary health services in Southern and Northeastern Brazil.

Objective: To assess the quality of the health care provided to children aged under one year old performed by primary health services in the South and Northeast regions of Brazil.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional, population-based study carried out in 2010 with 7,915 children aged from one to four years, whose homes are located in the areas of health service coverage. We described the prevalence of procedures and guidelines, such as weight and height measurement, vaccination, newborn blood spot screening, evaluation of umbilical cord, instruction on breastfeeding and introduction of new food, and their respective 95% confidence intervals.

Profile of mortality from external causes among Seventh-day Adventists and the general populations.

This paper aimed to compare the profile of mortality from external causes among Seventh-day Adventists and the general population of Espírito Santo from 2003 to 2009. A search of Adventists was performed in the nominal database of the Mortality Information System containing data on Adventists provided by the administrative offices of the institution. Deaths from external causes occurred during the study period were then divided into two groups: Adventists and the general population.

Use of the Method of Triads in the Validation of Sodium and Potassium Intake in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil).

Introduction: Biomarkers are a good choice to be used in the validation of food frequency questionnaire due to the independence of their random errors.

Objective: To assess the validity of the potassium and sodium intake estimated using the Food Frequency Questionnaire ELSA-Brasil.

Subjects/methods: A subsample of participants in the ELSA-Brasil cohort was included in this study in 2009.

Binge eating, sociodemographic and lifestyle factors in participants of the ELSA-Brazil.

Background: This study investigates the relationship between recurrent binge eating episodes and nutritional and food profiles and lifestyle in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (Estudo Longitudinal da Saúde do Adulto - ELSA-Brazil) cohort.

Results: Recurrent binge eating episodes were associated with obesity (OR 5.188; confidence interval [CI] 4.

Comparative study of cardiovascular and cancer mortality of Adventists and non-Adventists from Espírito Santo State, in the period from 2003 to 2009.

Introduction: Populations with healthier habits have been investigated regarding their pattern of disease occurrence.

Objective: This study aims at evaluating mortality patterns (all-cause, cardiovascular diseases) among members of the Seventh-day Adventists Church in the State of Espírito Santo, Brazil, and to compare those with the mortality rates in the State population.

Methods: The study investigated 14.

Sodium and potassium intake estimated using two methods in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil).

Context And Objective: Sodium and potassium intake from different food sources is an important issue regarding cardiovascular physiology. Epidemiological assessment of the intake of these electrolytes intake is done through food frequency questionnaires or urinary excretion measurements. Our aim was to compare these methods using a sample of Brazilian civil servants.

[Evaluation of coronary risk and its relationship to health actions in hypertensive patients].

The risk of developing acute coronary events was evaluated according to Framingham criteria and health actions performed to hypertensive patients at a Health Unit Family of Vitória-ES. This is a observational, cross-sectional study, involving 330 hypertensive. The sample considered a 50% prevalence of the disease.

[Hierarchical modeling of determinants associated with hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions in Espírito Santo State, Brazil].

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between health services organization and hospitalization rates for ambulatory care sensitive conditions after adjusting for socioeconomic and demographic variables in municipalities (counties) in Espírito Santo State, Brazil. In an ecological study, data were collected from the Brazilian Unified National Health System (SUS) on the following variables: hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions, city size, demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, and health services organization. Rates were analyzed by Poisson regression with robust variance.

[Change in glomerular filtration rate in hypertensive patients in Vitória-ES].

As monitoring of renal function, it is used the estimation of glomerular filtration rate (GFR). This study aimed to estimate the GFR by means of the Cockcroft-Gault equation in hypertensive patients in the Municipality of Vitoria-ES. It is a transversal study of secondary data with 754 hypertensive patients attended in health facilities in 2009.

Transcultural adaptation of the "EULAR Sjögren's Syndrome Disease Activity Index (ESSDAI)" into Brazilian Portuguese.

Introduction: The EULAR Sjögren's Syndrome Disease Activity Index (ESSDAI) is an index of primary Sjögren's syndrome (PSS) systemic activity.

Objective: To perform the ESSDAI transcultural adaptation into Brazilian Portuguese.

Method: This was a cross-sectional study with 62 patients with PSS according to the criteria of the 2002 American-European Consensus.

[Questionnaire development in ELSA-Brasil: challenges of a multidimensional instrument].

This article describes the development of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study for Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) questionnaire. We first address the selection of topics whose contents have to cover the knowledge available on the complex causal network of outcomes and allow comparability with similar studies. Then we deal with the "translation and adaptation of measurement instruments" including neighborhood environment rating scales, depression and anxiety disorder rating scale and a food frequency questionnaire and discuss criteria that guided "theme block sequencing".

[Participants recruitment in ELSA-Brasil (Brazilian Longitudinal Study for Adult Health)].

Objective: To present the recruitment and communication strategies of the ELSA-Brasil (Estudo Longitudinal de Saúde do Adulto - Brazilian Longitudinal Study for Adult Health).

Methods: The strategies were directed at dissemination, institutionalization and recruitment. The communication actions intended to promote the strengthening of a positive institutional image for the study, knowledge management and an effective dialogue with its target audience.

[The prevalence of abstinence from tobacco in patients treated in health units and related factors].

The scope of this study is to discover the prevalence and identify the variables related to tobacco abstinence in patients treated for quitting smoking through group therapy or support groups in primary health care units of the municipality of Vitória, State of Espirito Santo, in the year of 2009. A cross-sectional study was performed with 160 participants of the support groups who participated in 75% of the sessions. Telephone interviews were conducted 9 to 20 months after treatment and secondary data from the text of the initial interview were used.

Verbal fluency tests reliability in a Brazilian multicentric study, ELSA-Brasil.

Unlabelled: Verbal Fluency Tests (VFT) are commonly used to assess executive functions and language in clinical and epidemiological studies. These tests were included to access cognitive function and predictors to its decline in ELSA-Brasil (Longitudinal Study of Adults' Health), a cohort that investigates incidence and predictors of chronic diseases among 15,000 civil servants from six public educational institutions.

Objective: To investigate the reliability of VFT scoring by supervisors of.

Sensitivity and specificity in the diagnosis of hypertension with different methods.

Objective: To evaluate sensitivity and specificity of different protocols for blood pressure measurement for the diagnosis of hypertension in adults.

Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted in a non-probabilistic sample of 250 public servants of both sexes aged 35 to 74 years in Vitória, southeastern Brazil, between 2008 and 2010. The participants had their blood pressure measured using three different methods: clinic measurement, self-measured and 24-hour ambulatory measurement.

Socioeconomic predictors of child diet quality.

Objective: To develop a diet quality index and to analyze socioeconomic factors associated with low child diet quality.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed with a representative sample of 1,282 children aged between seven and ten years, living in the city of Vitória, Southeastern Brazil, in 2007. Children were randomly selected from 26 public schools and six private schools.

[Cardiovascular risk factors in 7-to-10-year-old children in Vitória, Espírito Santo State, Brazil].

The study aimed to identify the simultaneous occurrence of cardiovascular risk factors in children 7 to 10 years of age in Vitória, Espírito Santo State, Brazil, and investigate associated socioeconomic variables. In a sample of 1,282 children, anthropometric data were obtained and blood pressure was measured with an automatic device. Socioeconomic, nutritional, and physical activity data were obtained with a questionnaire.