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Echocardiography-based left ventricular mass estimation. How should we define hypertrophy?Murilo Foppa
Graduate Studies Program in Cardiology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre RS, Brazil
Cardiovasc Ultrasound 3:17. 2005....- Cigarette smoking and risk of gestational diabetes: a systematic review of observational studiesEliana M Wendland
Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 8:53. 2008..Therefore, we aimed to systematically review all epidemiological evidence to examine the association between cigarette smoking during pregnancy and risk of developing gestational diabetes mellitus... - Initial impact and cost of a nationwide population screening campaign for diabetes in Brazil: a follow up studyCristiana M Toscano
Graduate Studies Program in Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
BMC Health Serv Res 8:189. 2008..The objective of this study is to evaluate the initial impact of the program... 
Chronic activation of the innate immune system may underlie the metabolic syndromeB B Duncan
Social Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Sao Paulo Med J 119:122-7. 2001..Consonant with the well-established inflammatory pathogenesis of atherosclerotic disease, the metabolic syndrome is now being investigated in relation to its inflammatory nature...- Inflammation markers predict increased weight gain in smoking quittersBruce B Duncan
Graduate Studies Program in Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Av Luiz Manoel Gonzaga, 630 8, Porto Alegre, RS 90470 280, Brazil
Obes Res 11:1339-44. 2003..Undesirable weight gain often follows smoking cessation. We investigated whether weight gain after smoking cessation is greater in those with higher levels of inflammatory markers... - Adiponectin and the development of type 2 diabetes: the atherosclerosis risk in communities studyBruce B Duncan
Graduate Studies Program in Epidemiology, UFRGS, Av Luiz Manoel Gonzaga, 630 8, Porto Alegre, RS 90470 280 Brazil
Diabetes 53:2473-8. 2004..01 for each). In conclusion, in this community-based sample of U.S. adults, higher adiponectin levels were associated with a lower incidence of diabetes... - The epidemiology of low-grade chronic systemic inflammation and type 2 diabetesBruce B Duncan
Graduate Studies Program in Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Diabetes Technol Ther 8:7-17. 2006.... - Low-grade systemic inflammation and the development of type 2 diabetes: the atherosclerosis risk in communities studyBruce B Duncan
Graduate Studies Program in Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Diabetes 52:1799-805. 2003..7 (P for linear trend = 0.008). In conclusion, a low-grade inflammation predicts incident type 2 diabetes. The association is absent in smokers and African-Americans... - Prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus--do the new WHO criteria make a difference? Brazilian Gestational Diabetes Study GroupM I Schmidt
Department of Social Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS Brazil
Diabet Med 17:376-80. 2000..To describe the prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) according to the 1998 WHO provisional recommendations and compare it to that found with previous 1985 WHO criteria... - Markers of inflammation and prediction of diabetes mellitus in adults (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study): a cohort studyM I Schmidt
Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Lancet 353:1649-52. 1999..Since markers of inflammation predict coronary heart disease and are raised in patients with type 2 diabetes, we investigated whether they predict whether people will develop type 2 diabetes... - Factor VIII and other hemostasis variables are related to incident diabetes in adults. The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) StudyB B Duncan
Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Diabetes Care 22:767-72. 1999..Our objective was to evaluate whether selected hemostasis variables, some of which may reflect inflammation or endothelial dysfunction, are independently associated with the development of diabetes... - Leptin and incident type 2 diabetes: risk or protection?M I Schmidt
Graduate Studies Program in Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Diabetologia 49:2086-96. 2006..The aim of this study was to investigate the association of leptin levels with incident diabetes in middle-aged adults, taking into account factors purportedly related to leptin resistance... - Gestational diabetes mellitus diagnosed with a 2-h 75-g oral glucose tolerance test and adverse pregnancy outcomesM I Schmidt
Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Diabetes Care 24:1151-5. 2001..To evaluate American Diabetes Association (ADA) and World Health Organization (WHO) diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) against pregnancy outcomes... - A metabolic syndrome in whites and African-Americans. The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities baseline studyM I Schmidt
Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Diabetes Care 19:414-8. 1996..To describe clustering of hypertriglyceridemia, low HDL cholesterol, hypertension, diabetes, and hyperuricemia and its association with fasting insulin, waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and BMI for African-American and white men and women... - Glutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies are indicators of the course, but not of the onset, of diabetes in middle-aged adults: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities StudyA Vigo
Programa de Pós Graduação em Epidemiologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil
Braz J Med Biol Res 40:933-41. 2007..Among middle-aged adults, with the possible exception of those with the highest GADA levels, autoimmune pathophysiology reflected by GADA may become clinically relevant only after diabetes onset... - Prevalence and clinical correlates of unsuccessful use of drugs to induce menstruationS S Mengue
Postgraduate Course in Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Contraception 57:93-7. 1998..Although the objective of such drug use appears to be varied, analysis of the clinical correlates of use suggest attempted abortion to be the principal aim... - Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy: frequency and associated factors in a cohort of Brazilian womenD S Gaio
Department of Social Medicine and Postgraduate Course in Internal Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Hypertens Pregnancy 20:269-81. 2001..To evaluate the frequency of and risk factors associated with hypertensive disorders in general antenatal care in five distinct areas of Brazil... - Estimating hidden prevalence in Hansen's disease through diagnosis delay and grade of disability at time of diagnosisJ Ferreira
Department of Social Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sol, Brazil
Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 68:464-73. 2000..55/10,000) was obtained with this more complex model. This result differs only 5% from that of the simplified model. Therefore, we conclude that the simplified model is indicated to estimate hidden prevalence of HD in the field... - Nutritional status of pregnant women: prevalence and associated pregnancy outcomesL B Nucci
Departamento de Medicina Social, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil
Rev Saude Publica 35:502-7. 2001.... - [Drug use by pregnant women in six Brazilian cities]S S Mengue
Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil
Rev Saude Publica 35:415-20. 2001..9% of category C drugs, shows that 40% of the drugs used during pregnancy do not belong to the approved safety categories. However, only 3% of the 9,956 drugs used were clearly contraindicated during pregnancy... - Hypertensive retinopathy and incident coronary heart disease in high risk menB B Duncan
Social Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS Brazil
Br J Ophthalmol 86:1002-6. 2002..The data support the concept that retinal microvascular changes are markers of blood pressure damage and may be useful in risk stratification and in the tailoring of hypertension treatment decisions... - Vital capacity as a predictor of incident type 2 diabetes: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities studyHsin-Chieh Yeh
The Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 2024 E. Monument St, Suite 2-600, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Diabetes Care 28:1472-9. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Lower vital capacity is an independent predictor of incident type 2 diabetes. Pulmonary factors related to vital capacity deserve attention as possible risk factors for insulin resistance and diabetes... - [Economic analysis of a screening program for diabetes mellitus in Brazil]Alvaro E Georg
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil
Rev Saude Publica 39:452-60. 2005..The results were sensitive to percentage of confirmatory tests performed. CONCLUSIONS: The costs of nationwide community screening in Brazil were significant, however, in absolute terms lower than those described by other countries... - Identifying individuals at high risk for diabetes: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities studyMaria Ines Schmidt
Graduate Studies Program in Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Diabetes Care 28:2013-8. 2005..To develop and evaluate clinical rules to predict risk for diabetes in middle-aged adults... - Similarities in mortality patterns from influenza in the first half of the 20th century and the rise and fall of ischemic heart disease in the United States: a new hypothesis concerning the coronary heart disease epidemicMaria Inês Reinert Azambuja
Departamento de Medicina Social, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 90035 003, Brazil
Cad Saude Publica 18:557-66; discussion 567-77. 2002..In light of current biological knowledge, the data suggest that the 1918 influenza pandemic and the subsequent epidemics up to 1957 might have played a determinant role in the epidemic of CHD mortality registered in the 20th century... - Diabetes, gender, and left ventricular structure in African-Americans: the atherosclerosis risk in communities studyMurilo Foppa
Graduate Studies Program in Cardiology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Cardiovasc Ultrasound 4:43. 2006..However, the relations between left ventricular structure and diabetes have not been extensively studied in African-Americans... - Quality and effectiveness of different approaches to primary care delivery in BrazilErno Harzheim
Departamento de Medicina Social, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
BMC Health Serv Res 6:156. 2006.... - Cardiometabolic risk in impaired fasting glucose and impaired glucose tolerance: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities StudyJames S Pankow
Division of EpidemiologyCommunity Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Diabetes Care 30:325-31. 2007..We compared and contrasted cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, subclinical manifestations of CVD, incident coronary heart disease (CHD), and all-cause mortality by categories of impaired glucose regulation in nondiabetic individuals... - A prospective study of plasma ferritin level and incident diabetes: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) StudyMegan L Jehn
Department of Epidemiology, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Epidemiol 165:1047-54. 2007..Longitudinal studies with repeated measurements of glucose and iron metabolism parameters are needed to establish the role of iron stores and plasma ferritin in diabetes development... - [Factors related to use of medication during pregnancy in six Brazilian cities]Sotero Serrate Mengue
Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Cad Saude Publica 20:1602-8. 2004..Use of multivitamins and GI drugs was associated with variables that characterize pregnant women with higher socioeconomic status, suggesting that medication during pregnancy is an expression of prenatal care... - A nationwide population screening program for diabetes in BrazilLuciana B Nucci
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, School of Medicine, Graduate Studies Program in Epidemiology, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Rev Panam Salud Publica 16:320-7. 2004..This report describes the overall participation rate and positivity rate of the screening campaign, as well as factors associated with the level of participation among the municipalities in Brazil... - Prenatal weight gain following smoking cessationAna L Favaretto
Graduate Studies Program in Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 135:149-53. 2007..To evaluate the association of changes in smoking habit with maternal weight gain... - Risk factors for progression to incident hyperinsulinemia: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, 1987-1998Mercedes R Carnethon
Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Am J Epidemiol 158:1058-67. 2003..The associations were similar across race and gender groups. These data suggest that, in addition to weight gain, hyperuricemia, dyslipidemia, and smoking can be detected prior to development of hyperinsulinemia... - Detection of undiagnosed diabetes and other hyperglycemia states: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities StudyMaria Ines Schmidt
Graduate Studies Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Diabetes Care 26:1338-43. 2003.... - Fasting plasma free fatty acids and risk of type 2 diabetes: the atherosclerosis risk in communities studyJames S Pankow
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, USA
Diabetes Care 27:77-82. 2004..To evaluate whether plasma levels of free fatty acids (FFAs) are independently associated with incidence of type 2 diabetes... - Association between alcoholic beverage consumption and incidence of coronary heart disease in whites and blacks: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities StudyFlavio D Fuchs
Division of Cardiology, Clinical Hospital of Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Ramiro Barcelos 2350, Porto Alegre 90035903, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Am J Epidemiol 160:466-74. 2004..61, 95% CI: 1.11, 6.17). The contrasting findings in Whites and Black men in this cohort raise the question of whether the cardioprotective effect of alcohol is real or may be confounded by lifestyle characteristics of drinkers... - B-mode ultrasound-detected carotid artery lesions with and without acoustic shadowing and their association with markers of inflammation and endothelial activation: the atherosclerosis risk in communities studyKelly J Hunt
CVD Program, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, 137 E. Franklin St, Bank of America, Suite 306, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Atherosclerosis 162:145-55. 2002..38 (95% CI: 1.10, 1.74)], a marker of endothelial activation. Associations with endothelial adhesion molecules were inconsistent. Further studies aimed at elucidating the mechanisms of arterial mineralization are warranted... - Retinal arteriolar narrowing and risk of coronary heart disease in men and women. The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities StudyTien Yin Wong
Department of Ophthalmology, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260
JAMA 287:1153-9. 2002..Microvascular processes have been hypothesized to play a greater role in the development of coronary heart disease (CHD) in women than in men; however, prospective clinical data are limited... - Prediction of coronary heart disease in middle-aged adults with diabetesAaron R Folsom
University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454 1015, USA
Diabetes Care 26:2777-84. 2003..To determine the 10-year probability of coronary heart disease (CHD) in diabetic adults and how well basic and novel risk factors predict CHD risk... - Cross-sectional and prospective study of lung function in adults with type 2 diabetes: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) studyHsin Chieh Yeh
Department of Epidemiology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Diabetes Care 31:741-6. 2008..The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that diabetes is independently associated with reduced lung function, both cross-sectionally and longitudinally... - Racial differences in the prevalence of hypertensive retinopathyTien Yin Wong
Department of Ophthalmology, Singapore National Eye Center and National University of Singapore
Hypertension 41:1086-91. 2003.... 
The relationship between birthweight and early age-related maculopathy: the atherosclerosis risk in communities studyGerald Liew
Centre for Vision Research, University of Sydney, Department of Ophthalmology, Westmead Hospital, The Westmead Millennium Institute, Australia
Ophthalmic Epidemiol 15:56-61. 2008..Birthweight is a marker of fetal growth, and has been linked to future risk of chronic diseases in adults. We examined the association between birthweight and age-related maculopathy (ARM)...- Total sialic acid and associated elements of the metabolic syndrome in women with and without previous gestational diabetesMohanaluxmi Sriharan
Guy's, King's, and St. Thomas' Hospitals School of Medicine, King's College London, London, U.K
Diabetes Care 25:1331-5. 2002..These findings in young women suggest that a chronic mild systemic inflammatory response is an early feature of the metabolic syndrome and that GDM may be a window for its investigation... - Changes in abdominal obesity and age-related macular degeneration: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities StudyAnna Peeters
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
Arch Ophthalmol 126:1554-60. 2008..To examine the association between changes in waist-hip ratio (WHR), a measure of abdominal obesity, and age-related macular degeneration (AMD)... - Retinal arteriolar narrowing and risk of diabetes mellitus in middle-aged personsTien Yin Wong
Department of Ophthalmology, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260
JAMA 287:2528-33. 2002..Microvascular processes have been hypothesized to play a role in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus, but prospective clinical data regarding this hypothesis are unavailable... - Quantitative retinal venular caliber and risk of cardiovascular disease in older persons: the cardiovascular health studyTien Yin Wong
Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Arch Intern Med 166:2388-94. 2006..Small vessel disease may contribute to the risk of cardiovascular disease in older persons. We describe the relation of retinal vascular caliber to incident coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke in elderly persons... - Retinal arteriolar diameter and risk for hypertensionTien Yin Wong
Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, East Melbourne Victoria, Australia
Ann Intern Med 140:248-55. 2004..Narrowing of the small arterioles has been hypothesized to contribute to the pathogenesis of hypertension, but prospective clinical data are lacking... - Retinal microvascular abnormalities and renal dysfunction: the atherosclerosis risk in communities studyTien Yin Wong
Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, 32 Gisborne Street, Victoria 3002, Australia
J Am Soc Nephrol 15:2469-76. 2004..Retinal microvascular abnormalities are associated with renal dysfunction, suggesting that common systemic microvascular processes may underlie the development of microvascular damage in the eye and kidneys... - Glucose and insulin components of the metabolic syndrome are associated with hyperandrogenism in postmenopausal women: the atherosclerosis risk in communities studySherita Hill Golden
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Am J Epidemiol 160:540-8. 2004..001). Higher FAI was associated with the hyperinsulinemia and hyperglycemia components of the metabolic syndrome. The role of androgens in glucose homeostasis in postmenopausal women requires further study... - Academic medicine as a resource for global health: the case of BrazilMaria Ines Schmidt
BMJ 329:753-4. 2004 - Associations between the metabolic syndrome and retinal microvascular signs: the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities studyTien Yin Wong
Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 45:2949-54. 2004..To examine the cross-sectional relationship of the metabolic syndrome (hypertension, hyperglycemia, central obesity, and dyslipidemia) and retinal microvascular abnormalities in middle-aged men and women... - Prevalence of coronary heart disease and carotid arterial thickening in patients with the metabolic syndrome (The ARIC Study)Ann Marie McNeill
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27514, USA
Am J Cardiol 94:1249-54. 2004..0001). Thus, MS was significantly associated with the presence of CHD and carotid intimal medial wall thickness. Identification of patients who have MS may provide opportunities to initiate CHD prevention strategies...