[Medical assessments and measurements in ELSA-Brasil]. / Aferições e exames clínicos realizados nos participantes do ELSA-Brasil.
Rev Saude Publica
; 47 Suppl 2: 54-62, 2013 Jun.
Article
em Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24346721
The article describes assessments and measurements performed in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study for Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil). Some assessments including anthropometric assessment, casual blood pressure measurement, and ankle-brachial index have an established clinical application while others including pulse wave velocity, heart rate variability, and carotid intima-media thickness have no established application and do not have reference values for healthy Brazilian population but may be important predictors of cardiovascular outcomes. Blood pressure measurement following postural change maneuver was included in the ELSA-Brasil because it has not been much tested in epidemiological studies. Innovative approaches were developed for assessing the ankle-brachial index using an automatic device instead of the mercury column to measure blood pressure and for assessing the anterior-posterior diameter of the right lobe of the liver by ultrasound for quantitative assessment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. All ELSA-Brasil subjects were younger (35 years or more) than those included in other cohorts studying subclinical atherosclerosis. The inclusion of younger individuals and a variety of assessments make the ELSA-Brasil a relevant epidemiology study nationwide and worldwide.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Técnicas e Procedimentos Diagnósticos
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
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Pt
Revista:
Rev Saude Publica
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Brasil