The association of systemic microvascular changes with lung function and lung density: a cross-sectional study.

Regarding the waist circumference positive changes in five years, our findings have shown no association with lipid outcomes, but with blood pressure increased levels,

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study involving 70 children and adolescents (8-15 years of age) with sickle cell disease who underwent pulmonary function tests (spirometry)

Secondary outcomes analyzed included sociodemographic variables (age, gender, marital status, ethnicity, years of education, living alone or not, social activities), visual

The variables gender, race, age, age at asthma diagnosis, level of education (dichotomized into ≤ 9 years of schooling and < 9 years of schooling), family income

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study involving 70 children and adolescents (8-15 years of age) with sickle cell disease who underwent pulmonary function tests (spirometry)

analyzing 28 obese individuals with a mean age of 29 years, observed that central obesity indicators (waist circumference and waist/hip ratio) were related to alterations

Methods: A cross-sectional study involving a sample of 233 healthy elderly from a third-age group in Porto Alegre with an average age of 70 (SD 7.9) years and 10.7 (SD 4.8) years

Eligible studies met the following criteria: cross-sectional observational study; participants aged > 18 years, regardless of gender, country, ethnicity, and socioeconomic