Self-reported dyslipidemia in central-west Brazil: prevalence and associated factors.

Lipid disorders are risk factors for atherosclerotic disease and its control may reduce morbidity and mortality from coronary artery disease. Knowledge of the factors associated with this injury may subsidize campaigns to encourage change in the population's lifestyle. The objective of this study is to estimate the prevalence of dyslipidemia and to identify associated factors.

[Social mobility, lifestyle and body mass index in adolescents].

Objective: To analyze the association between social mobility, lifestyle and body mass index in adolescents.

Methods: A cohort study of 1,716 adolescents aged 10 to 17 years of both sexes. The adolescents were participants in a cohort study and were born between 1994 and 1999.

Reproducibility, relative validity and calibration of a food frequency questionnaire for adults.

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the reproducibility and relative validity and calibrate the dietary intake assessment of a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) using a random sample of 195 adults aged 20 to 50 years from the Central-West Region of Brazil. The reference method used by the study was two 24-hour recalls (24hR) that provided energy-adjusted deattenuated food intake data for comparison purposes. With respect to reproducibility, the average weighted kappa was 0.

Smoking and abdominal fat in blood donors.

Objective: To assess the association between smoking and abdominal fat among male blood donors.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study involving 1,235 adult male blood donors (age, 20-59 years) in the city of Cuiabá, Brazil. Socioeconomic, demographic, and anthropometric data, as well as information on the lifestyle of the participants, were collected.

Respiratory symptoms as health status indicators in workers at ceramics manufacturing facilities.

Objective: To assess the prevalence of respiratory symptoms and their association with sociodemographic variables and with the characteristics of the work environment.

Methods: A cross-sectional study comprising 464 workers employed at ceramics manufacturing facilities located in the city of Várzea Grande, Brazil. Data were collected by means of a questionnaire comprising questions regarding sociodemographic variables, work environment characteristics, and respiratory symptoms.

Development of a food frequency questionnaire for adults in a population-based sample in Cuiabá, Mid-Western Region of Brazil.

Objective: To describe the design of a Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) to be used in studies on food intake of adults from Cuiabá, Mato Grosso State, Brazil.

Methods: A 24-hour dietary recall (24hR) was applied to a sub-sample of 104 men and women, randomly selected from a random population-based study sample. Based on the frequency of report and on the contribution to the intake of energy and nutrients in the 24hR, 81 food items and respective reference servings were selected to comprise the FFQ food list.

Factors associated with cigarette experimentation among adolescents.

Objective: To assess the prevalence of and factors associated with smoking experimentation among adolescents.

Methods: Cross-sectional study, using a specific questionnaire to interview 2,883 students from 7th to 10th grade in schools located in the urban area of the city of Cuiabá, in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Prevalence was estimated, and the principal factors related to cigarette experimentation were analyzed.

Waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio as indicators of fat location in Black, White, and Mulatto Brazilian men.

Objective: To assess whether skin color classification as White, Mulatto, and Black is associated with abdominal fat location among healthy Brazilian men.

Design: Cross sectional study of men aged 20-59 years attending the Cuiabá Blood Center during August 1999 to January 2000. Skin color was defined by interviewer judgment.