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Worldwide burden of COPD in high- and low-income countries. Part II. Burden of chronic obstructive lung disease in Latin America: the PLATINO studyA M B Menezes
Post Graduate Programme in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 12:709-12. 2008..Five Latin American cities: São Paulo, Brazil; Mexico City, Mexico; Montevideo, Uruguay; Santiago, Chile; Caracas, Venezuela...
Physical activity and lung function in adolescents: the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort studyAna M B Menezes
Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil Electronic address
J Adolesc Health 51:S27-31. 2012..To evaluate the association between physical activity changes in those aged 11 to 15 years and lung function at age 15 years...- The role of early life variables on the risk of fractures from birth to early adolescence: a prospective birth cohort studyP C Hallal
Post Graduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, ZIP 96030 002, Pelotas, Brazil
Osteoporos Int 20:1873-9. 2009..The incidence was 14.2% (95%CI 13.2, 15.2). Male sex, birth length, and maternal age at delivery were positively associated with the risk of fractures... - Social and dental status along the life course and oral health impacts in adolescents: a population-based birth cohortKaren G Peres
Research Group in Public Health Dentistry Post Graduate Program in Public Health, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil
Health Qual Life Outcomes 7:95. 2009..Harmful social conditions in early life might predispose individuals to dental status which in turn may impact on adolescents' quality of life... - Maternal anthropometric characteristics in pregnancy and blood pressure among adolescents: 1993 live birth cohort, Pelotas, southern BrazilHelen C Laura
Post Graduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, CP 464, 96001 970, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
BMC Public Health 10:434. 2010.... - Socioeconomic position and overweight among adolescents: data from birth cohort studies in Brazil and the UKAlicia Matijasevich
Post Graduate Programme in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, RS, Brazil
BMC Public Health 9:105. 2009..The patterns of overweight/obesity differ by age, sex, rural or urban residence and socioeconomic position (SEP) and vary between and within countries... - Prevalence and risk factors for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease according to symptoms and spirometryAna Menezes
Universidade Federal de Pelotas UFPel, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
COPD 1:173-9. 2004..The fixed ratio criterion is recommended when population-specific reference curves are not available, while the GOLD definition is recommended to evaluate severity of COPD... - Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and associated factors: the PLATINO Study in São Paulo, BrazilAna Maria Baptista Menezes
Programa de Pós Graduação em Epidemiologia, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
Cad Saude Publica 21:1565-73. 2005..COPD was positively associated with age and smoking and inversely with body mass index. Utilization of different COPD spirometry criteria resulted in different percentages of COPD, but similar associated factors... - Validity of a wrist digital monitor for blood pressure measurement in comparison to a mercury sphygmomanometerAna M B Menezes
Programa de Pós Graduação em Epidemiologia, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil
Arq Bras Cardiol 94:345-9, 365-70. 2010..Valid measurements of blood pressure, both at clinical and community settings, are essential for monitoring this variable at the population level... - Caesarean sections and risk of wheezing in childhood and adolescence: data from two birth cohort studies in BrazilA M B Menezes
Postgraduate Programme in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
Clin Exp Allergy 41:218-23. 2011..Objective To evaluate the association between mode of delivery and wheezing (current and persistent) in childhood and adolescence, in two birth cohort studies in Brazil... - Concurrent determinants of blood pressure among adolescents: the 11-year follow-up of the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort studyAna M B Menezes
Programa de Pós Graduação em Epidemiologia, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Rua Marechal Deodoro 1160, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
Cad Saude Publica 26:1972-9. 2010..4mmHg higher than among premenarcheal girls. Similar trends were found for diastolic arterial pressure. Our findings suggest that blood pressure control must begin already in childhood and adolescence... - Hospital admissions from birth to early adolescence and early-life risk factors: the 11-year follow-up of the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort studyAna M B Menezes
Programa de Pós Graduação em Epidemiologia, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Rua Marechal Deodoro 1160, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
Cad Saude Publica 26:1980-9. 2010..For admissions between 1 and 11 years of age, low family income and gestational age > 37 weeks were found to be significant risk factors... - Adolescent blood pressure, body mass index and skin folds: sorting out the effects of early weight and length gainsAna M B Menezes
Rua Marechal Deodoro 1160, 96020 220, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
J Epidemiol Community Health 66:149-54. 2012..This paper attempts to separate the effects of early life weight and length/height gains on blood pressure, body mass index (BMI), sum of skin folds and subscapular/triceps skin fold ratio at 14-15 years of age... - Mental health problems and smoking among adolescents from Southern BrazilAna M B Menezes
Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brasil
Rev Saude Publica 45:700-5. 2011..To analyze the association between mental health problems and smoking in adolescents... - Socioeconomic trajectory from birth to adolescence and lung function: prospective birth cohort studyAna M B Menezes
Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
BMC Public Health 11:596. 2011..Additionally, we investigate the role of adolescent and parental variables at mediating these associations... - Pharmacological treatment of COPDAna Maria Baptista Menezes
Graduate Program in Epidemiology, Department of Social Medicine, Federal University of Pelotas School of Medicine, Pelotas, Brazil
J Bras Pneumol 37:527-43. 2011..Few studies analyzed mortality as an outcome, and the role that pharmacological treatment plays in this outcome has yet to be fully defined. The medications studied are safe to use in the management of COPD and have few adverse effects... - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in five Latin American cities (the PLATINO study): a prevalence studyAna Maria B Menezes
Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
Lancet 366:1875-81. 2005..The aim of the PLATINO study, launched in 2002, was to describe the epidemiology of COPD in five major Latin American cities: São Paulo (Brazil), Santiago (Chile), Mexico City (Mexico), Montevideo (Uruguay), and Caracas (Venezuela)... - Prevalence of smoking and incidence of initiation in the Latin American adult population: the PLATINO studyAna M Menezes
Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
BMC Public Health 9:151. 2009..The aim of this paper was to evaluate the prevalence of smoking and incidence of initiation among middle-aged and older adults (40 years or older). Special emphasis was given to the association between smoking and schooling... - Infant mortality in Pelotas, Brazil: a comparison of risk factors in two birth cohortsAna Maria Baptista Menezes
Post Graduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil
Rev Panam Salud Publica 18:439-46. 2005..To compare two population-based birth cohorts to assess trends in infant mortality rates and the distribution of relevant risk factors, and how these changed after an 11-year period... - Size at birth and blood pressure in early adolescence: a prospective birth cohort studyAna M B Menezes
Federal University of Pelotas, Domingos de Almeida 1146 25, 96085 470 Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Am J Epidemiol 165:611-6. 2007..The postulated inverse association between birth weight and later blood pressure was not confirmed in this cohort. Instead, a positive effect of birth length was detected... - Early determinants of smoking in adolescence: a prospective birth cohort studyAna M B Menezes
Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brasil
Cad Saude Publica 23:347-54. 2007..Although the smoking prevalence was similar in boys and girls, risk factors for smoking were different between the sexes. Social environment appears to be the strongest predictor of tobacco use in adolescence... - Risk factors for wheezing in early adolescence: a prospective birth cohort study in BrazilAna M B Menezes
Programa de Pós Graduação em Epidemiologia, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 98:427-31. 2007..Many asthma studies are available in the literature, but few investigated whether risk factors for asthma differ by sex... - Role of passive smoking on COPD risk in non-smokersAna M B Menezes
Universidade Federal de Pelotas, 96020 Pelotas, Brazil
Lancet 370:716-7. 2007 - Tuberculosis and airflow obstruction: evidence from the PLATINO study in Latin AmericaA M B Menezes
Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
Eur Respir J 30:1180-5. 2007..Among females, the unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios were 2.3 and 1.7, respectively. In conclusion, history of tuberculosis is associated with airflow obstruction in Latin American middle-aged and older adults... - [Smoking prevalence in the 1982 birth cohort: from adolescence to adult life, Pelotas, Southern Brazil]Ana M B Menezes
Programa de Pós Graduação em Epidemiologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brasil
Rev Saude Publica 42:78-85. 2008..To assess smoking prevalence in adolescents and young adults of a population-based birth cohort... - [Prevalence of wheezing in the chest among adults from the 1982 Pelotas birth cohort, Southern Brazil]Ana M B Menezes
Programa de Pós Graduação em Epidemiologia, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brasil
Rev Saude Publica 42:101-7. 2008..To estimate the prevalence of wheezing in the chest among adults, and to explore the effect of some variables on the prevalence of this condition... - Smoking in early adolescence: evidence from the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort StudyAna M B Menezes
Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
J Adolesc Health 39:669-77. 2006..To evaluate the prevalence of tobacco use, and factors associated with it, in early adolescent (aged 10-12 years) participants of the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort Study... - The Platino project: methodology of a multicenter prevalence survey of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in major Latin American citiesAna M B Menezes
Federal University of Pelotas CEP 96030 000, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
BMC Med Res Methodol 4:15. 2004..The PLATINO study is aimed at measuring COPD prevalence in major cities in Latin America... - Childbearing during adolescence and offspring mortality: findings from three population-based cohorts in southern BrazilMaría C Restrepo-Méndez
Postgraduate Programme in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Rua Marechal Deodoro, 1160 3 Piso, 96020 220, Pelotas, Brazil
BMC Public Health 11:781. 2011..This work assessed the association between adolescent childbearing and early offspring mortality in three birth cohort studies from the city of Pelotas in Southern Brazil... - Predictors of physical activity change during adolescence: a 3.5-year follow-upSamuel C Dumith
Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
Public Health Nutr 15:2237-45. 2012..To investigate the predictors of change in physical activity (PA) from early to mid adolescence in a cohort of adolescents...