OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the secular trend of menarche according to body mass index (BMI). SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Six hundred and eighty five girls (7-18 years) assessed in 2001 were compared with 750 evaluated in 2010. They were grouped by BMI Z-score: (thin + normal) and (overweight + obese). Menarche was reported by status quo and age at menarche estimated by a logit model. We used the Qui-square test, Mann-Whitney test, and Logistic Regression, at a 5% significance level. RESULTS: Menarche […]

OBJECTIVE: To analyze mortality patterns of patients with diabetes in Brazilian capitals from 1980 to 2007. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Age-standardized quadrennial and annual mortality rates were calculated with the world population as reference. Linear regression models were estimated to analyze mortality trends in each capital. RESULTS: In the first quadrennial period, the highest rate was 42.89/100,000 in Aracaju; and in the last quadrennial period, 54.38/100,000 in São Luis. Although mortality rates showed statistically significant incremental trends in most capitals, there […]

OBJECTIVE: To analyze mortality trend by diabetes mellitus in Brazilian capitals. METHODS: It was analyzed mortality temporal trend by diabetes mellitus in Brazilian capitals, from the death data of the statistic directory of IBGE and the System of Mortality Information of the Ministry of Health, in the period from 1950 to 2000. RESULTS: It was observed the growth of proportional mortality and the Standard Mortality Ratio by diabetes in most of the capitals. São Paulo (SP) outstood for presenting expressive […]