graduate at Medicina from Universidade de São Paulo (1982) and ph.d. at Pathological Anatomy and Clinical Pathology from Universidade de São Paulo (1997). Has experience in Collective Health, focusing on Epidemiology, acting on the following subjects: epidemiologia, mortalidade, brasil, sintomatologia and cefaleia. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Chronic inflammatory diseases and mortality: association with risk factors, subclinical Atherosclerosis and fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular events in the ELSA-Brasil Some studies suggest that inflammatory diseases such as Rheumatoid Arthritis, systemic erythematosus lupus, celiac disease, psoriasis and other rheumatologic diseases - Sjögren Syndrome and Vasculitis - would be associated…
In late 2019, a new pathogen called SARS-CoV-2 (also described as "COVID-19" or "new coronavirus") was identified in Wuhan, China. The disease spread rapidly among other countries and was characterized as a pandemic by the WHO in March 2020. Twenty percent of cases have severe or critical forms, particularly in those with advanced age or comorbidities. With the exponential increase in new…
Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of mortality worldwide whiel the crescent importance of depression and cognitive impairment as cause of years lived without quality of life is increasing worldwide and in Brazil. The majority of cohort studies are in US/Europe focused on risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Emerging factors as subclinical and overt thyroid functions are less stu…
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) - the main cause of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) - and depression are already leading burdens of disease and this" burden is projected to worsen up to 2030. Critically, there is increasing recognition that these disorders are related: depression is independently associated with morbidity and mortality, and is common among patients with CVD. While a variety of…
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There are few studies that have evaluated the association of thyroid diseases with environmental factors such as air pollution. Most of the analyzes that exist are on pregnant women subjected to air pollution and the study generally focuses on the association of thyroid diseases in the mother-child binomial. No study was found that analyzed the association of thyroid disease with proximit…
Studies suggest that inflammatory diseases (ID) such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA)would associate the presence of subclinical atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease (CVD). OELSA-Brasil is a prospective cohort study that includes the study of risk factorsclassic and non-classical for CVD and their relationship with the incidence of CVD and diabetes.The objective of this project is to ev…
There is evidence that subclinical hypothyroidism is associated with poor cardiovascular health, but further knowledge regarding thyroid disease in the Brazilian population, which has particularities compared to high-income countries, is still needed. Using data from the prospective cohort ELSA-Brasil, the primary objective of the study is to compare the cardiovascular health profile of e…
Depression is among the most common mental disorders. Studies have detached high numbers of prevalence amid populations in different countries. Depression has contributed significantly to the Years of Life lived with Disability, the Years of Life Lost and the Disability Adjusted Life Years, resulting in health, economic and social high costs. The negative life events have an influence on …
The main objective of the Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) is to understand the incidence of Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) and Diabetes, and the associated risk and protection factors. Although the study includes all classical risk factors for CVD, it also studies the less explored non-classical risk factors in the literature. Among the non-classical risk factors for CVD, …
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The aim of this research project is to analyze the association between autoimmune inflammatory diseases biomarkers and psychological health in individuals according to the thyroid function, thyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPOAb) levels and use of levothyroxine. Data from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) will be used from the baseline (2008-2010), 4-year (2012-…
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