scholarly journals Risk factors for severe COVID-19 infection in Brazilian children

2021 ◽  
pp. 101650
Author(s):  
Jordana Vaz Hendler ◽  
Patricia Miranda do Lago ◽  
Gabriel Cardozo Müller ◽  
João Carlos Santana ◽  
Jefferson Pedro Piva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Brazilian Children

scholarly journals Risk Factors for Cerebral Palsy in Brazilian Children: A Case-Control Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus Valerius da Silva Peixoto ◽  
Andrezza Marques Duque ◽  
Allan Dantas dos Santos ◽  
Shirley Verônica Melo Almeida Lima ◽  
Caíque Jordan Nunes Ribeiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Preterm Birth ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Perinatal Factors ◽  
Apgar Scores ◽  
Control Study ◽  
Brazilian Children

ABSTRACTBackgroundCerebral palsy is the main cause of physical disability in childhood.ObjectivesThis study analyzed prenatal and perinatal risk factors that contribute to cerebral palsy in Brazilian children.MethodsA case-control study was conducted with 2- to 10-year-old children in the city of Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil. The cases were population-based, selected from the Primary Health Care services. The controls were selected from the database of the Brazilian Live Births Information System. Controls were paired with cases by gender, year, and hospital of birth.ResultsA total of 570 participants (114 cases and 456 controls) were studied. Most of the participants were male, with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy. Among the prenatal factors examined, the presence of congenital anomalies was significantly different between cases and controls (OR = 54.28, [95% CI 12.55, 234.86]). The analysis of perinatal factors revealed significant differences between cases and controls in low birth weight (OR = 3.8, [95% CI 2.34, 6.16]), preterm birth (OR = 2.31, [95% CI 1.41, 3.80]), and low Apgar scores (OR = 14.73, [95% CI 5.27, 41.15]).ConclusionsThe main prenatal and perinatal factors associated with cerebral palsy in our population were congenital anomalies, low Apgar scores, low birth weight, and preterm birth. The perinatal period had more risk factors, demanding a deeper study of their causes and of possible preventive measures.

Multicomponent intervention effect on cardiometabolic risk factors among overweight/obese Brazilian children: a mediation analysis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Brand ◽  
Clarice Maria de Lucena Martins ◽  
Arieli Fernandes Dias ◽  
Camila Felin Fochesatto ◽  
Antonio García-Hermoso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Cardiometabolic Risk ◽  
Cardiometabolic Risk Factors ◽  
Intervention Effect ◽  
Multicomponent Intervention ◽  
Brazilian Children

scholarly journals Increased C-Reactive Protein in Brazilian Children: Association with Cardiometabolic Risk and Metabolic Syndrome Components (PASE Study)

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lara Gomes Suhett ◽  
Helen Hermana Miranda Hermsdorff ◽  
Naruna Pereira Rocha ◽  
Mariane Alves Silva ◽  
Mariana De Santis Filgueiras ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Cardiometabolic Risk ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Elevated Serum ◽  
Cardiometabolic Risk Factors ◽  
C Reactive Protein ◽  
Reactive Protein ◽  
Hs Crp ◽  
Brazilian Children

C-reactive protein (CRP) is a marker of subclinical inflammation that has been found to be associated with cardiovascular disease risk. However, few studies have investigated the relationship between CRP and cardiometabolic markers in a representative sample of prepubescent children. The objective was to evaluate the high-sensitive CRP (hs-CRP) and its association with traditional and nontraditional cardiometabolic risk factors, as well as metabolic syndrome (MetS) components in Brazilian children. This is a cross-sectional representative study, with participants of the Schoolchildren Health Assessment Survey (PASE). Children from 8 to 9 years old (n=350) enrolled in public and private schools in the municipality of Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil, were evaluated. Sociodemographic evaluation was performed through a semistructured questionnaire. Anthropometric, body composition, clinical, and biochemical measures were analyzed for cardiometabolic risk assessment. The total mean of serum hs-CRP concentration was 0.62 (±1.44) mg/L. hs-CRP was significantly correlated with several anthropometric, biochemical, and clinical parameters in this population (P<0.05). hs-CRP was positively associated with the accumulation of cardiometabolic risk factors and MetS components (P<0.05). Children with excessive weight; abdominal obesity; increased gynoid and android body fat; low HDL-c; hyperglycemia; and elevated uric acid, homocysteine, and apoB had higher chances of presenting increased hs-CRP (P<0.05). In this study, Brazilian children with cardiometabolic risk already presented elevated serum hs-CRP concentration. hs-CRP was associated with the increase of traditional and nontraditional cardiometabolic risk factors, as well as the accumulation of MetS components.

Timeliness and risk factors associated with delay for pneumococcal conjugate 10-valent routine immunization in Brazilian children

Vaccine ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 1030-1036 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Lucia Sartori ◽  
Ruth Minamisava ◽  
Eliane Terezinha Afonso ◽  
Gabriela Moreira Policena ◽  
Grécia Carolina Pessoni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Routine Immunization ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Brazilian Children
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