• Challenges for conducting blood collection and biochemical analysis in a large multicenter school-based study with adolescents : lessons from ERICA in Brazil 

      Cureau, Felipe Vogt; Bloch, Katia Vergetti; Henz, Aline; Schaan, Camila Wohlgemuth; Klein, Carlos Henrique; Oliveira, Cecília Lacroix de; Giannini, Denise Tavares; Leon, Elisa Brosina de; Abreu, Gabriela de Azevedo; Teló, Gabriela Heiden; Dias, Glauber Monteiro; Carvalho, Kenia Mara Baiocchi de; Barufaldi, Laura Augusta; Kuschnir, Maria Cristina Caetano; Szklo, Moyses; Montenegro Júnior, Renan Magalhães; Silva, Thiago Luiz Nogueira da; Ekelund, Ulf; Schaan, Beatriz D'Agord (2017) [Artigo de periódico]
      The Study of Cardiovascular Risk in Adolescents (ERICA) is a pioneering study that aimed to assess the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, including metabolic syndrome components in Brazilian adolescents. This study ...
    • ERICA : prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Brazilian adolescents 

      Bloch, Katia Vergetti; Klein, Carlos Henrique; Szklo, Moyses; Kuschnir, Maria Cristina Caetano; Abreu, Gabriela de Azevedo; Barufaldi, Laura Augusta; Veiga, Gloria Valeria da; Schaan, Beatriz D'Agord; Silva, Thiago Luiz Nogueira da; Vasconcellos, Mauricio Teixeira Leite de (2016) [Artigo de periódico]
      OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components in Brazilian adolescents. METHODS: We evaluated 37,504 adolescents who were participants in the Study of Cardiovascular Risks in Adolescents ...
    • ERICA : prevalences of hypertension and obesity in Brazilian adolescents 

      Bloch, Katia Vergetti; Klein, Carlos Henrique; Szklo, Moyses; Kuschnir, Maria Cristina Caetano; Abreu, Gabriela de Azevedo; Barufaldi, Laura Augusta; Veiga, Gloria Valeria da; Schaan, Beatriz D'Agord; Silva, Thiago Luiz Nogueira da; Vasconcellos, Mauricio Teixeira Leite de (2016) [Artigo de periódico]
      OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of arterial hypertension and obesity and the population attributable fraction of hypertension that is due to obesity in Brazilian adolescents. METHODS: Data from participants in the ...
    • 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 

      Bloch, Katia Vergetti; Szklo, Moyses; Kuschnir, Maria Cristina Caetano; Abreu, Gabriela de Azevedo; Barufaldi, Laura Augusta; Klein, Carlos Henrique; Vasconcelos, Mauricio Teixeira Leite de; Veiga, Gloria Valeria da; Figueiredo, Vandre Casagrande; Dias, Adriano Basso; Moraes, Ana Júlia Pantoja de; Souza, Ana Luiza Lima; Oliveira, Ana Mayra Andrade de; Schaan, Beatriz D'Agord; Tavares, Bruno Mendes; Oliveira, Cecília Lacroix de; Cunha, Cristiane de Freitas; Giannini, Denise Tavares; Belfort, Dilson Rodrigues; Ribas, Dulce Lopes Barboza; Santos, Eduardo Lima; Leon, Elisa Brosina de; Fujimori, Elizabeth; Oliveira, Elizabete Regina Araújo de; Magliano, Erika da Silva; Vasconcelos, Francisco de Assis Guedes de; Azevedo, George Dantas de; Brunken, Gisela Soares; Dias, Glauber Monteiro; Correa Filho, Heleno Rodrigues; Monteiro, Maria Inês; Guimarães, Isabel Cristina Britto; Faria Neto, José Rocha; Oliveira, Juliana Souza; Carvalho, Kenia Mara Baiocchi de; Gonçalves, Luis Gonzaga de Oliveira; Santos, Marize Melo dos; Muniz, Pascoal Torres; Jardim, Paulo Cesar Brandao Veiga; Ferreira, Pedro Antônio Muniz; Montenegro Júnior, Renan Magalhães; Gurgel, Ricardo Queiroz; Vianna, Rodrigo Pinheiro de Toledo; Vasconcelos, Sandra Mary Lima; Matta, Sandro Silva da; Martins, Stella Maris Seixas; Goldberg, Tamara Beres Lederer; Silva, Thiago Luiz Nogueira da (2015) [Artigo de periódico]
      Background: 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 ...