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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ERICA: prevalence of healthy eating habits among Brazilian adolescents
Laura Augusta Barufaldi,Gabriela de Azevedo Abreu,Juliana Souza Oliveira,Debora França dos Santos,Elizabeth Fujimori,Sandra Mary Lima Vasconcelos,Francisco de Assis Guedes de Vasconcelos,Bruno Mendes Tavares +7 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that older female adolescents (15 to 17 years old) who studied in public schools, resided in the Southeast region, and whose mothers had lower education levels, should be the focus of these actions since they present lower frequencies concerning the evaluated healthy habits.
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ERICA: sexual initiation and contraception in Brazilian adolescents
Ana Luiza Vilela Borges,Elizabeth Fujimori,Maria Cristina Caetano Kuschnir,Christiane Borges do Nascimento Chofakian,Ana Júlia Pantoja de Moraes,George Dantas de Azevedo,Karine Ferreira dos Santos,Mauricio Teixeira Leite de Vasconcellos +7 more
TL;DR: Heterogeneities in the prevalence of sexual initiation and use of contraceptive methods among Brazilian adolescents, depending on their age, where they live, and the type of school they study at are shown, as well as the consequences of unprotected sexual intercourses.
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ERICA: age at menarche and its association with nutritional status.
Bruna de Siqueira Barros,Maria Cristina Caetano Kuschnir,Katia Vergetti Bloch,Thiago Luiz Nogueira da Silva +3 more
TL;DR: This is a pioneering study in Brazil with national and regional representativeness to estimate the mean and the median age of occurrence of menarche, showing that adolescents with excess weight had an earlierMenarche than their peers, even after adjustment for confounding factors.
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Associations of multiple unhealthy lifestyle behaviors with overweight/obesity and abdominal obesity among Brazilian adolescents: A country-wide survey
Felipe Vogt Cureau,Felipe Vogt Cureau,Karen Sparrenberger,Katia Vergetti Bloch,Ulf Ekelund,Beatriz D'Agord Schaan +5 more
TL;DR: The findings suggest a synergistic relationship between ULB and general and abdominal obesity among Brazilian adolescents and Preventive efforts targeting combined ULB should be sought to reduce the prevalence of general and abdomen obesity in Brazilian youth.
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ERICA: patterns of alcohol consumption in Brazilian adolescents
Evandro Silva Freire Coutinho,Debora França-Santos,Erika da Silva Magliano,Katia Vergetti Bloch,Laura Augusta Barufaldi,Cristiane de Freitas Cunha,Mauricio Teixeira Leite de Vasconcellos,Moyses Szklo +7 more
TL;DR: There is a high prevalence of alcohol consumption among adolescents, as well as their early onset of alcohol use, and a possible change in the preferred type of alcoholic beverages compared with previous research.
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