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,Moyses Szklo,Maria Cristina Caetano Kuschnir,Gabriela de Azevedo Abreu,Laura Augusta Barufaldi,Carlos Henrique Klein,Mauricio Teixeira Leite de Vasconcelos,Gloria Valeria da Veiga,Valeska Carvalho Figueiredo,Adriano Dias,Ana Júlia Pantoja de Moraes,Ana Luiza Lima Souza,Ana Mayra A. de Oliveira,B. D. Schaan,Bruno Mendes Tavares,Cecília Lacroix de Oliveira,Cristiane de Freitas Cunha,Denise Tavares Giannini,Dilson Rodrigues Belfort,Dulce Lopes Barboza Ribas,Eduardo Lima Santos,Elisa Brosina de Leon,Elizabeth Fujimori,Elizabete Regina Araúio Oliveira,Erika da Silva Magliano,Francisco de Assis Guedes de Vasconcelos,George Dantas de Azevedo,Gisela Soares Brunken,Glauber Monteiro Dias,Heleno Rodrigues Corrêa Filho,Maria Inês Monteiro,Isabel Cristina Britto Guimarães,José Rocha Faria Neto,Juliana Souza Oliveira,Kênia Mara Baiocchi de Carvalho,Luis Gonzaga de Oliveira Gonçalves,Marize Melo dos Santos,Pascoal Torres Muniz,Paulo César Brandão Veiga Jardim,Pedro Antônio Muniz Ferreira,Renan Magalhães Montenegro,Ricardo Queiroz Gurgel,Rodrigo Pinheiro de Toledo Vianna,Sandra Mary Lima Vasconcelos,Sandro Silva da Matta,Stella Maris Seixas Martins,Tamara Beres Lederer Goldberg,Thiago Luiz Nogueira da Silva +47 more
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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.Abstract:
The Study of Cardiovascular Risk in Adolescents (Portuguese acronym, “ERICA”) is a multicenter, school-based country-wide cross-sectional study funded by the Brazilian Ministry of Health, which aims at estimating the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, including those included in the definition of the metabolic syndrome, in a random sample of adolescents aged 12 to 17 years in Brazilian cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants. Approximately 85,000 students were assessed in public and private schools. Brazil is a continental country with a heterogeneous population of 190 million living in its five main geographic regions (North, Northeast, Midwest, South and Southeast). ERICA is a pioneering study that will assess the prevalence rates of cardiovascular risk factors in Brazilian adolescents using a sample with national and regional representativeness. This paper describes the rationale, design and procedures of ERICA.read more
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