São Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effects of curcumin on cardiovascular risk factors in obese and overweight adolescent girls: a randomized clinical trial.
Obese adolescents are at higher risk of development of cardiovascular risk factors and obesity in later life. Dietary intake of antioxidants, particularly curcumin, as an active ingredient of turmeric extract, may have noticeable effects on obesity and its important complications such as cardiovascular risk factors. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the effects of curcumin supplementation on cardiovascular risk factors among overweight and obese female adolescents. ⋯ IRCT20171107037302N1.
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Frailty among elderly people is associated with negative health outcomes. Through gaining better understanding of this syndrome over different time periods, healthcare actions that take predictive factors into consideration may be facilitated. ⋯ Age over 80 years was predictive of pre-frailty and frailty, while dependency in basic activities of daily living and poor physical performance predicted frailty. A one-unit increased score for advanced activities of daily living decreased the frailty rate by 15%.
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Sarcopenia may affect patients with liver cirrhosis and worsen disease outcomes. ⋯ As a surrogate marker of sarcopenia, RA thickness may predict survival among patients with liver cirrhosis.
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Package leaflets of medicines need to be intelligible, but tools for their evaluation are scarce. ⋯ LiS-RPL is a validated tool for evaluating subjects' satisfaction with medicine package leaflets.