[Food groups for the investigation of risk of type 2 diabetes and associated diseases].

Introduction: The food groups conventionally applied in activities of nutritional counseling were established according to their macronutrient content. However, it does not consider recent scientific evidences of the association between food consumption and risk of developing non-communicable chronic diseases.

Objective: To propose food groups for the investigation of the association between food consumption and risk of developing type 2 diabetes and associated diseases among Japanese-Brazilians.

Nutritional intervention programme among a Japanese-Brazilian community: procedures and results according to gender.

Objective: To describe the results of a nutritional intervention programme among Japanese-Brazilians according to gender.

Design: A non-controlled experimental study.

Setting: The research included three points of clinical, nutritional and physical activity evaluation: at baseline (in 2005), after the first year and at the end of the second year (in 2007).

Blood pressure and cardiorenal responses to antihypertensive therapy in obese women.

Objective: Blood pressure (BP) and target organ responses to antihypertensive drugs are not well established in hypertensive obese patients. This study is aimed at evaluating the effects of obesity and adiposity distribution patterns on these responses.

Methods: 49 hypertensive obese women were designated to different groups according to waist to hip ratio measurements--37 with troncular and 12 with peripheral obesity.

All-cause mortality among Japanese-Brazilians according to nutritional characteristics.

The aim of this study was to verify the association between nutritional variables and mortality in a Japanese-Brazilian cohort. In 1993, 647 subjects were interviewed with food frequency questionnaires and scheduled for physical procedures (weight, height, blood pressure) and biochemical tests (oral glucose tolerance test). Student's t test was used to compare the mean values of target variables between living and deceased subjects.

Which body mass index is best associated with risk of diabetes mellitus and hypertension in a Japanese-Brazilian population?

The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of different body mass index (BMI) ranges associated with the risk of diabetes and hypertension in Japanese-Brazilians. This cross-sectional study was based on data from 1,330 Japanese-Brazilians > 30 years of age who participated in a population-based survey on the prevalence of diabetes mellitus and associated diseases. Glucose tolerance status was classified according to WHO criteria and blood pressure levels according to the VI-JNC.

Should body mass index be adjusted for relative sitting height in cross-sectional studies of chronic diseases in Japanese-Brazilians?

The current article aimed to verify the degree of agreement in classification of nutritional status according to body mass index (BMI) and corrected body mass index (BMIc). Data were used from a cross-sectional study of Japanese-Brazilians. Statistical analysis provided prevalence rates for chronic diseases, kappa statistic, and Pearson's linear correlation coefficient.

Impact of visceral fat on blood pressure and insulin sensitivity in hypertensive obese women.

Objective: The relationship among body fat distribution, blood pressure, serum leptin levels, and insulin resistance was investigated in hypertensive obese women with central distribution of fat.

Research Methods And Procedures: We studied 74 hypertensive women (age, 49.8 +/- 7.