Active Brazilian crack cocaine users: nutritional, anthropometric, and drug use profiles
Objective: To evaluate the nutritional status of crack users and to analyze its correlation with drug use profiles. Methods: Cross-sectional study with 108 crack users. Anthropometric data were assessed through body mass index (BMI) and bioimpedance (BIA) measurements. A blood test to analyze hemat...
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| author | Mariana Escobar Juliana N. Scherer Cassia M. Soares Luciano S.P. Guimarães Martine E. Hagen Lisia von Diemen Flavio Pechansky |
| author_facet | Mariana Escobar Juliana N. Scherer Cassia M. Soares Luciano S.P. Guimarães Martine E. Hagen Lisia von Diemen Flavio Pechansky |
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| description | Objective: To evaluate the nutritional status of crack users and to analyze its correlation with drug use profiles. Methods: Cross-sectional study with 108 crack users. Anthropometric data were assessed through body mass index (BMI) and bioimpedance (BIA) measurements. A blood test to analyze hematocrit, hemoglobin, glucose, and lipid profiles was also performed. Crack use was determined through a standardized interview. Results: Based on BMI and BIA, most individuals were eutrophic (about 70%). Regarding hematological parameters, we found that hemoglobin and hematocrit levels were below normal for 32.4 and 30.6% of patients, respectively. Considering normal parameters, a large part of the sample (60.2%) had low levels of HDL cholesterol and high levels of triglycerides (38%). There were no significant correlations between drug profile and nutritional variables. Conclusion: This is a pioneering study that examines the nutritional status of crack users. Our results showed that most crack users present normal anthropometric findings and the prevalence of underweight is low. However, blood analysis showed changes and a specific type of malnutrition. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ca4eebe0711045f4bcd319ca0f605fe52022-12-21T22:35:46ZengAssociação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP)Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry1809-452X2018-02-01010.1590/1516-4446-2017-2409S1516-44462018005002106Active Brazilian crack cocaine users: nutritional, anthropometric, and drug use profilesMariana EscobarJuliana N. SchererCassia M. SoaresLuciano S.P. GuimarãesMartine E. HagenLisia von DiemenFlavio PechanskyObjective: To evaluate the nutritional status of crack users and to analyze its correlation with drug use profiles. Methods: Cross-sectional study with 108 crack users. Anthropometric data were assessed through body mass index (BMI) and bioimpedance (BIA) measurements. A blood test to analyze hematocrit, hemoglobin, glucose, and lipid profiles was also performed. Crack use was determined through a standardized interview. Results: Based on BMI and BIA, most individuals were eutrophic (about 70%). Regarding hematological parameters, we found that hemoglobin and hematocrit levels were below normal for 32.4 and 30.6% of patients, respectively. Considering normal parameters, a large part of the sample (60.2%) had low levels of HDL cholesterol and high levels of triglycerides (38%). There were no significant correlations between drug profile and nutritional variables. Conclusion: This is a pioneering study that examines the nutritional status of crack users. Our results showed that most crack users present normal anthropometric findings and the prevalence of underweight is low. However, blood analysis showed changes and a specific type of malnutrition.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462018005002106&lng=en&tlng=enCrack cocainenutritional assessmentnutritional statusbiochemical parameters |
| spellingShingle | Mariana Escobar Juliana N. Scherer Cassia M. Soares Luciano S.P. Guimarães Martine E. Hagen Lisia von Diemen Flavio Pechansky Active Brazilian crack cocaine users: nutritional, anthropometric, and drug use profiles Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry Crack cocaine nutritional assessment nutritional status biochemical parameters |
| title | Active Brazilian crack cocaine users: nutritional, anthropometric, and drug use profiles |
| title_full | Active Brazilian crack cocaine users: nutritional, anthropometric, and drug use profiles |
| title_fullStr | Active Brazilian crack cocaine users: nutritional, anthropometric, and drug use profiles |
| title_full_unstemmed | Active Brazilian crack cocaine users: nutritional, anthropometric, and drug use profiles |
| title_short | Active Brazilian crack cocaine users: nutritional, anthropometric, and drug use profiles |
| title_sort | active brazilian crack cocaine users nutritional anthropometric and drug use profiles |
| topic | Crack cocaine nutritional assessment nutritional status biochemical parameters |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462018005002106&lng=en&tlng=en |
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