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Erika da Silva Magliano

Researcher at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Publications -  5
Citations -  436

Erika da Silva Magliano is an academic researcher from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cross-sectional study & Population. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 5 publications receiving 331 citations.

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ERICA: prevalences of hypertension and obesity in Brazilian adolescents

Katia Vergetti Bloch, +39 more
TL;DR: The study indicates that the control of obesity would lower the prevalence of hypertension among Brazilian adolescents by 1/5 and the fractions of hypertension attributable to obesity in the population by 17.8%.
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The study of cardiovascular risk in adolescents – ERICA: rationale, design and sample characteristics of a national survey examining cardiovascular risk factor profile in Brazilian adolescents

Katia Vergetti Bloch, +47 more
- 07 Feb 2015 - 
TL;DR: The study findings will be instrumental to the development of public policies aiming at the prevention of obesity, atherosclerotic diseases and diabetes in an adolescent population.
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ERICA: prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Brazilian adolescents

Maria Cristina Caetano Kuschnir, +41 more
TL;DR: Despite the prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome being low, the high prevalences of some components and participation of others in the syndrome composition shows the importance of early diagnosis of this changes, even if not grouped within the metabolic syndrome.
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Prevalence of arterial hypertension among Brazilian adolescents: systematic review and meta-analysis

TL;DR: The pooled prevalence found in both males and females shows that systemic arterial hypertension should be monitored in the population aged 10–20 years and that specific measures are required to prevent and control the disease, as well as its risk factors.