Search Results - "Szklo, Moysés"

Use of flavored cigarettes in the first few puffs: a step toward smoking initiation and nicotine addiction? Data from a national survey among Brazilian adolescents by Figueiredo, Valeska C., Bloch, Katia V., Thrasher, James, Kuschnir, Maria Cristina, Casado, Letícia, Reichenheim, Michael E., Szklo, Moysés

“…Background: Little is known about the importance of flavored cigarettes for initiation among youth in Brazil, which has amongst the greatest number of smokers…”
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Predictive Value of Coronary Artery Calcium Score Categories for Coronary Events Versus Strokes: Impact of Sex and Race: MESA and DHS by Mehta, Anurag, Pandey, Ambarish, Ayers, Colby R., Khera, Amit, Sperling, Laurence S., Szklo, Moyses, Gottesman, Rebecca F., Budoff, Mathew J., Blaha, Michael J., Blumenthal, Roger S., Nasir, Khurram, Joshi, Parag H.

“…Coronary artery calcium (CAC) predicts atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) events, inclusive of coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke, and is a…”
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Rastreamento como Estratégia de Controle do Câncer by Szklo, Moysés, Almeida, Liz Maria de

“…Além da prevenção primária, o rastreamento (detecção precoce) é uma estratégia importante para o controle do câncer. Neste artigo, resumimos os principais…”
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Smokers in Brazil: who are they? by Szklo, André Salem, de Souza, Mirian Carvalho, Szklo, Moysés, de Almeida, Liz Maria

“…BackgroundBrazil has experienced a large decline in smoking prevalence due to several tobacco control policies that were implemented in the past 25 years…”
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Coronary Calcium as a Predictor of Coronary Events in Four Racial or Ethnic Groups by Detrano, Robert, Guerci, Alan D, Carr, J. Jeffrey, Bild, Diane E, Burke, Gregory, Folsom, Aaron R, Liu, Kiang, Shea, Steven, Szklo, Moyses, Bluemke, David A, O'Leary, Daniel H, Tracy, Russell, Watson, Karol, Wong, Nathan D, Kronmal, Richard A

“…In an analysis from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, 6722 men and women without cardiovascular disease from four ethnic groups underwent coronary…”
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Assessing the relationship between smoking and abdominal obesity in a National Survey of Adolescents in Brazil by Bertoni, Neilane, de Almeida, Liz Maria, Szklo, Moysés, Figueiredo, Valeska C., Szklo, André S.

“…Abdominal obesity is even a stronger risk factor than overall obesity for noncommunicable chronic diseases. We examined the association between smoking and…”
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Trends in Illicit Cigarette Use in Brazil Estimated From Legal Sales, 2012-2016 by Szklo, André, Iglesias, Roberto Magno, Carvalho de Souza, Mirian, Szklo, Moysés, Maria de Almeida, Liz

“…To estimate the proportions of illicit cigarette consumption in Brazil from 2012 to 2016, a period of sharp increases in cigarette taxes. We used an approach…”
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Association between Obesity, Overweight, Elevated Waist Circumference, and Insulin Resistance Markers among Brazilian Adolescent Students by Deusdará, Rodolfo, de Moura Souza, Amanda, Szklo, Moyses

“…(1) Background: There is still controversy concerning the most effective and efficient strategy to identify insulin resistance in adolescents. We estimated the…”
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The value of carotid artery plaque and intima-media thickness for incident cardiovascular disease: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis by Polak, Joseph F, Szklo, Moyses, Kronmal, Richard A, Burke, Gregory L, Shea, Steven, Zavodni, Anna E H, O'Leary, Daniel H

“…Carotid artery plaques are associated with coronary artery atherosclerotic lesions. We evaluated various ultrasound definitions of carotid artery plaque as…”
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Actigraphy Measured Sleep Indices and Adiposity: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) by Ogilvie, Rachel P, Redline, Susan, Bertoni, Alain G, Chen, Xiaoli, Ouyang, Pamela, Szklo, Moyses, Lutsey, Pamela L

“…To investigate the cross-sectional relationship between objectively measured sleep characteristics and multiple indices of adiposity in racially/ethnically…”
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Adipokines and incident venous thromboembolism: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis by Broni, Eric K., Ogunmoroti, Oluseye, Quispe, Renato, Sweeney, Ty, Varma, Bhavya, Fashanu, Oluwaseun E., Lutsey, Pamela L., Matthew Allison, Moyses Szklo, Ndumele, Chiadi E., Michos, Erin D.

“…Obesity leads to adipocyte hypertrophy and adipokine dysregulation and is an independent risk factor for venous thromboembolism (VTE). However, the association…”
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Carotid Intima‐Media Thickness Score, Positive Coronary Artery Calcium Score, and Incident Coronary Heart Disease: The Multi‐Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis by Polak, Joseph F., Szklo, Moyses, O'Leary, Daniel H.

“…Background Common carotid artery and internal carotid artery intima‐media thicknesses (IMT) are associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) and increase with…”
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Positive Additive and Multiplicative Interactions among Clustered Components of Metabolic Syndrome with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus among Brazilian Adolescent Students by Deusdará, Rodolfo, de Moura Souza, Amanda, Szklo, Moyses

“…Background: It is still controversial whether the joint effect of Metabolic syndrome (MetS) components is greater than that expected based on their independent…”
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Sampling design for the Study of Cardiovascular Risks in Adolescents (ERICA) by Vasconcellos, Mauricio Teixeira Leite de, Silva, Pedro Luis do Nascimento, Szklo, Moyses, Kuschnir, Maria Cristina Caetano, Klein, Carlos Henrique, Abreu, Gabriela de Azevedo, Barufaldi, Laura Augusta, Bloch, Katia Vergetti

“…The Study of Cardiovascular Risk in Adolescents (ERICA) aims to estimate the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome in adolescents…”
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Novel Metabolic Risk Factors for Incident Heart Failure and Their Relationship With Obesity by Bahrami, Hossein, MD, MPH, PhD, Bluemke, David A., MD, PhD, Kronmal, Richard, PhD, Bertoni, Alain G., MD, MPH, Lloyd-Jones, Donald M., MD, ScM, Shahar, Eyal, MD, MPH, Szklo, Moyses, MD, DrPH, Lima, João A.C., MD

“…Novel Metabolic Risk Factors for Incident Heart Failure and Their Relationship With Obesity: The MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis) Trial Hossein…”
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Circulating oleic acid levels are related to greater risks of cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis by Steffen, Brian T., Duprez, Daniel, Szklo, Moyses, Guan, Weihua, Tsai, Michael Y.

“…Limited evidence has suggested that circulating levels of the omega-9 fatty acid, oleic acid, may be related to greater risks of adverse cardiovascular…”
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The diffuse-type gastric cancer epidemiology enigma by Assumpção, Paulo Pimentel, Barra, Williams Fernandes, Ishak, Geraldo, Coelho, Luiz Gonzaga Vaz, Coimbra, Felipe José Fernandez, Freitas, Helano Carioca, Dias-Neto, Emmanuel, Camargo, M Constanza, Szklo, Moyses

“…Intestinal and diffuse gastric adenocarcinomas differ in clinical, epidemiological and molecular features. However, most of the concepts related to the…”
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Racial and Ethnic Differences in Kidney Function Decline among Persons without Chronic Kidney Disease by PERALTA, Carmen A, KATZ, Ronit, DEBOER, Ian, IX, Joachim, SARNAK, Mark, KRAMER, Holly, SISCOVICK, David, SHEA, Steven, SZKLO, Moyses, SHLIPAK, Michael

“…Whether the rate of kidney function decline before the onset of CKD differs among racial and ethnic groups remains unclear. Here, we evaluated kidney function…”
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Life's Simple 7 and Incident Heart Failure: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis by Ogunmoroti, Oluseye, Oni, Ebenezer, Michos, Erin D, Spatz, Erica S, Allen, Norrina B, Rana, Jamal S, Virani, Salim S, Blankstein, Ron, Aronis, Konstantinos N, Blumenthal, Roger S, Veledar, Emir, Szklo, Moyses, Blaha, Michael J, Nasir, Khurram

“…The American Heart Association introduced the Life's Simple 7 (LS7) metrics to assess and promote cardiovascular health. We sought to examine the association…”
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Association Between Homocysteine and Vascular Calcification Incidence, Prevalence, and Progression in the MESA Cohort by Karger, Amy B, Steffen, Brian T, Nomura, Sarah O, Guan, Weihua, Garg, Parveen K, Szklo, Moyses, Budoff, Matthew J, Tsai, Michael Y

“…Background While elevated homocysteine has been associated with calcification in several studies, its importance as a cardiovascular risk factor remains…”
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