Comparative floral development in Mimosa (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae) brings new insights into merism lability in the mimosoid clade.

The genus Mimosa L. (Leguminosae; Caesalpinioideae; mimosoid clade), comprising more than 500 species, is an intriguing genus because, like other members of the mimosoid clade, it presents an enormous variation in floral characteristics and high merism lability. Thus, this study aimed to elucidate the floral development and identify which ontogenetic pathways give rise to merism variation and andromonoecy in Mimosa caesalpiniifolia, M.

Anthropometric indices and the incidence of hypertension: a comparative analysis.

Objective: To investigate the association between several anthropometric measurements of obesity with the incidence of hypertension.

Research Methods And Procedures: Participants were 592 individuals free of hypertension, selected at random from the community. In the baseline evaluation, they were submitted to completed measures of demographics, anthropometrics, blood pressure, and other risk factors for hypertension.

Association between different measurements of obesity and the incidence of hypertension.

Background: Obesity is a risk factor for the incidence of hypertension, but it is still unclear whether this risk can be better estimated by body mass index (BMI) or waist circumference (WC).

Methods: In the baseline evaluation of a population-based cohort, 1089 adults answered a pretested questionnaire and had their baseline blood pressure (BP) and anthropometric measurements assessed according to standardized recommendations. Excluding the individuals with hypertension at baseline, and those deceased or lost during the follow-up, 592 individuals (80.

Risk factors for cardiovascular disease in a Brazilian population-based cohort study.

Objective: Our aim was to investigate risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a population-based Brazilian cohort.

Design And Methods: A cohort study was conducted with 1091 individuals identified through multi-stage probability sampling in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Risk factors were investigated among demographic and anthropometric characteristics, including education, smoking habits, income, alcoholic beverage consumption, and blood pressure.

Absence of association between hypertension and epistaxis: a population-based study.

The association between epistaxis and hypertension is still disputed. In a cross-sectional study, we evaluated this association in a sample of 1174 individuals older than 18 years, representative of inhabitants of Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Epistaxis was defined as any episode of non-traumatic nosebleeding after 18 years of age.

Migraine is more frequent in individuals with optimal and normal blood pressure: a population-based study.

Background: The notion that hypertension causes headache is widely accepted despite the absence of confirmation by well-designed studies.

Objective: To investigate the association between headache, characterized as tension type and migraine like, with blood pressure and hypertension.

Methods: In a cross-sectional study we evaluate this association in a sample of 1174 individuals older than 17 years, representative of inhabitants of Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.