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This study aimed to assess the prevalence of dyslipidemia and its association with an adequate intake of carbohydrates, saturated, monounsaturated, trans, and omega-3 fats among adults living in Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. This is a cross-sectional study with 884 adults aged 20 to 59 years. Sociodemographic, food intake, anthropometric, and biochemical data were collected. Associations between study variables were investigated by the chi-square test. There was a high prevalence of dyslipidemia in the study population (64.25%), with most individuals having abnormal levels of at least one serum lipid component. Inadequate intakes of saturated, trans, and monounsaturated fats and carbohydrates were predominant. It is noteworthy that omega-3 intake levels were adequate in most individuals. Eutrophic adults showed a higher prevalence of excessive intake of saturated and trans fats. It was found that 38.7% of individuals with low levels of High Density Lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c) had an excessive intake of saturated fat. Most individuals with high triglyceride levels or high triglyceride/HDL-c ratios had an insufficient intake of monounsaturated fat. Further studies are needed to evaluate other factors that may influence dietary patterns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: To determine the association among bone mineral content, sociodemographic, anthropometric and behavioral factors, and health status of Brazilian adults. Methods: This was a cross-sectional, population-based study including 701 individuals from both sexes aged between 20 and 59 years. DEXA was used to evaluate dependent variable. The associations were evaluated using linear regression models stratified by sex. Results: When mean bone mineral content values were compared, we found significant differences related to sex and all the independent variables evaluated. In the adjusted models, we identified an inverse association between bone mineral content and age in both sexes. Among men, to be overweight and/or obese, be highly educated, and have almost sufficiency of 25(OH)D were associated with higher bone mineral content values. On the other hand, among women, to be non-white skin color, overweight and/or obese were associated with better bone health. The main factors associated with low total bone mineral density were advanced age, white skin color, low level of formal education, eutrophy, and 25(OH) D deficiency. Conclusion: Our results may help to identify adults who are at higher risk, and these findings should be used as guidelines for prevention and early diagnosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: the visceral adiposity index (VAI) is an indicator of fat distribution and function which is considered a predictor of cardiometabolic risk.Objective: analyze the factors associated with VAI in Brazilian adults.Methods: a cross-sectional population-based study was conducted with 854 adults, in Viçosa, MG, Brazil. A questionnaire was applied and anthropometric measurements, body composition and biochemical data were collected. Ordinal logistic regression was used to evaluate the factors associated with VAI.Results: the increase in percentage of fat, uric acid concentration and ultra-sensitive C reactive protein in the blood was positively associated with VAI in males. The level of physical activity in leisure was negatively associated. Among women, the increase in age, neck circumference, sitting time of more than 300 minutes, increased serum uric acid concentration and ultra-sensitive C reactive protein were associated with VAI.Conclusion: except for age, all other factors associated with VAI are modifiable, suggesting that adopting early intervention measures that promote changes in habits and alter the risk of increased visceral adiposity and consequently the appearance of comorbidities should be encouraged. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aims: the present study aims to evaluate the prevalence of cardiometabolic changes according to the hypertriglyceridemic waist (HW) phenotype in Brazilian adults.Methods: it is a population based transversal study with 976 adults (n = 533 women) 20-59 years old. Phenotype was defined by triglycerides concentration (TGL) ≥ 150 mg/dl and waist circumference (WC) ≥80 cm in females and ≥ 90 cm in males. All the analyses were adjusted according to the study design and pondered by gender, age and schooling. A descriptive analysis was performed through averages and ratios; their respective confidence intervals were herein presented (CI 95%). The prevalence of cardiometabolic changes due to the presence of HW and to gender was calculated and compared by means of Pearson's chi-square test. Statistic significance level was 0.05. The probability of coronary event risk was estimated in 10 years and calculated from Framinghan score, using Kernel density graph.Results: no difference in phenotype prevalence between genders was observed. Higher averages in all the cardiometabolic risk factors analyzed and higher probability of evolving to a cardiovascular event in 10 years were observed in individuals with the HW phenotype. Lower HDL values were only verified in this group.Conclusion: the HW phenotype is an important cardiovascular risk sign and allows the premature identification of individuals with higher risk, so that its use in clinical practice must be encouraged, mainly because it is a simple low cost asset. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: obesity is a public health problem that has increased considerably. Several techniques have been developed and used to measure the amount of body fat, or a combination of excess fat with some comorbidities. The Body Adiposity Index is a new method proposed to determine body fat and its validation is still limited. Methods and logistics of a population-based study reported in the literature are few, mainly multidiciplinas team.Objective: the objective was to report the proceedings of a population-based study, the denouement is the index of adiposity in adults.Design: the design of this study was cross-sectional, with a sample of 1085 adults aged 20-59 years living in the city of Viçosa, MG. A questionnaire was applied at home with sociodemographic, behavioral issues, health and level of physical activity. Then anthropometric and biochemical data were collected. The training for data collection involved the calibration of evaluators, being the correlation between the measurements checked by the intraclass correlation test and was adopted as the acceptable value of 0.60.Results: it is noted that, with the exception of assessors 1, the triceps and subscapular skin folds, and the evaluator 4, in the pectoral skinfolds and suprailiac, all other measures reached acceptable cutoff point for agreement among evaluators.Conclusions: multidisciplinary research is important to understand the various factors that may be operating in health and disease process tool. Methodological and logistical aspects described in this study should be followed, which will lead to a steady decrease in research biases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]