Browsing by Subject "sex"

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    • Comparison of nutritional and inflammatory markers in dialysis patients with reduced appetites 

      Carrero, Juan Jesus; Qureshi, Abdul Rashid; Axelsson, Jonas; Avesani, Carla Maria [UNIFESP]; Suliman, Mohammed E.; Kato, Sawako; Barany, Peter; Snaedal-Jonsdottir, Sunna; Alvestrand, Anders; Heimburger, Olof; Lindholm, Bengt; Stenvinkel, Peter (Amer Soc Clinical Nutrition, 2007-03-01)
      Background: Anorexia is common in chronic kidney disease and worsens as the disease progresses. Sex hormones and inflammatory cytokines may be related to feeding behavior.Objective: We hypothesized that appetite would be ...

    • Gender and minor psychiatric morbidity: Results of a case-control study in a developing country 

      Coutinho, Evandro da Silva Freire; Almeida Filho, Naomar de; Mari, Jair de Jesus [UNIFESP]; Rodrigues, Laura C. (Baywood Publ Co Inc, 1999-01-01)
      Objective: Women suffer from minor psychiatric disorders (MPM) more frequently than men. Most of the studies were conducted in England and in the United States and some reported the higher occurrence of MPM among women to ...

    • Increased homocysteine levels associated with sex and stress in the learned helplessness model of depression 

      Setnik, B.; Souza, F. G. de; d'Almeida, V; Nobrega, J. N. (Elsevier B.V., 2004-01-01)
      Elevated levels of homocysteine (Hey) have been associated with major depressive (MD) illness. As human females show a higher predisposition towards depression, this study examined how Hey levels in rats are affected by ...

    • Rate of cognitive decline in relation to sex after 60 years-of-age: A systematic review 

      Ferreira, Leandro [UNIFESP]; Galduroz Santos, Ruth Ferreia; Ferri, Cleoza Pinheiro [UNIFESP]; Fernandes Galduroz, Jose Carlos [UNIFESP] (Wiley-Blackwell, 2014-01-01)
      Some studies have shown differences in specific cognitive ability domains between the sexes at 60 years-of-age. However is important to analyze whether the rate of cognitive decline is also similar between the sexes after ...

    • Seasonal variation of suicide in Brazil 

      Benedito-Silva, Ana Amelia [UNIFESP]; Pires, Maria Laura Nogueira [UNIFESP]; Calil, Helena Maria [UNIFESP] (Taylor & Francis Inc, 2007-01-01)
      Most of what is known about the seasonal variation in suicide rate originates from studies conducted in the northern hemisphere; very few studies have been done in the southern hemisphere. the purpose of the present study ...

    • Sex-related differences in COPD in five Latin American cities: the PLATINO study 

      Lopez Varela, M. V.; Montes de Oca, M.; Halbert, R. J.; Muino, A.; Perez-Padilla, R.; Talamo, C.; Jardim, Jose Roberto [UNIFESP]; Valdivia, G.; Pertuze, J.; Moreno, D.; Menezes, Ana Maria Baptista [UNIFESP]; PLATINO Team (European Respiratory Soc Journals Ltd, 2010-11-01)
      There is evidence to suggest sex differences exists in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) clinical expression. We investigated sex differences in health status perception, dyspnoea and physical activity, and ...

    • Sexualidade feminina: compreendendo seu significado 

      Gozzo, Thaís de Oliveira; Fustinoni, Suzete Maria [UNIFESP]; Barbieri, Márcia [UNIFESP]; Roher, Wilma de Moura [UNIFESP]; Freitas, Ivoneide Aparecida de [UNIFESP] (Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto / Universidade de São Paulo, 2000-07-01)
      The present qualitative study with a phenomenological focus aimed at understanding the meaning of female sexuality to women who participate in the activities of an orientation group about this subject, organized by a family ...