Clinical and nutritional profile of individuals with chagas disease
Chagas disease (CD), caused by the protozoan Trypanossoma cruzi, affects approximately 18 million individuals in the Americas, 5 million of which live in Brazil. Most chronic sufferers have either the indeterminate form of the disease, without organic compromise, or the cardiac or digestive forms. D...
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| author | Juliana Geraix Lidiane Paula Ardisson Jussara Marcondes-Machado Paulo Câmara Marques Pereira |
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| description | Chagas disease (CD), caused by the protozoan Trypanossoma cruzi, affects approximately 18 million individuals in the Americas, 5 million of which live in Brazil. Most chronic sufferers have either the indeterminate form of the disease, without organic compromise, or the cardiac or digestive forms. Despite the importance of this disease, there is no information on the effect of nutrition on CD evolution. We evaluated the clinical-nutritional profile of individuals with CD treated at the Tropical Diseases Nutrition Out-Patient Clinic of the Botucatu School of Medicine, UNESP. A retrospective cohort study was performed between 2002 and 2006, on 66 patients with serum and parasitological diagnosis of CD. Epidemiological, clinical, nutritional, and biochemical data were collected, including gender, age, skin color, smoking, alcoholism, physical activity, weight, stature, body mass index, abdominal circumference, glycemia, and lipid profile. Fifty-three percent were male and 47% female; 96% were white skinned. Mean age was 49.6±6.36 years. The predominant form was indeterminate in 71%; smoking and drinking were recorded in 23% and 17%, respectively. Sedentariness predominated in 83%, and 55% presented increased abdominal circumference. Most, 94%, were overweight or obese. The biochemical exams revealed hyperglycemia in 12% and dyslipidemia in 74%. These findings suggest that the Chagas population presents co-morbidities and risk factors for developing chronic non-transmissible diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, making CD evolution even worse. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ec7c1bbcc4094dd2aa23e399903792712022-12-22T03:41:07ZengElsevierBrazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases1678-439111441141410.1590/S1413-86702007000400008S1413-86702007000400008Clinical and nutritional profile of individuals with chagas diseaseJuliana Geraix0Lidiane Paula Ardisson1Jussara Marcondes-Machado2Paulo Câmara Marques Pereira3Universidade Estadual PaulistaUniversidade Estadual PaulistaUniversidade Estadual PaulistaUniversidade Estadual PaulistaChagas disease (CD), caused by the protozoan Trypanossoma cruzi, affects approximately 18 million individuals in the Americas, 5 million of which live in Brazil. Most chronic sufferers have either the indeterminate form of the disease, without organic compromise, or the cardiac or digestive forms. Despite the importance of this disease, there is no information on the effect of nutrition on CD evolution. We evaluated the clinical-nutritional profile of individuals with CD treated at the Tropical Diseases Nutrition Out-Patient Clinic of the Botucatu School of Medicine, UNESP. A retrospective cohort study was performed between 2002 and 2006, on 66 patients with serum and parasitological diagnosis of CD. Epidemiological, clinical, nutritional, and biochemical data were collected, including gender, age, skin color, smoking, alcoholism, physical activity, weight, stature, body mass index, abdominal circumference, glycemia, and lipid profile. Fifty-three percent were male and 47% female; 96% were white skinned. Mean age was 49.6±6.36 years. The predominant form was indeterminate in 71%; smoking and drinking were recorded in 23% and 17%, respectively. Sedentariness predominated in 83%, and 55% presented increased abdominal circumference. Most, 94%, were overweight or obese. The biochemical exams revealed hyperglycemia in 12% and dyslipidemia in 74%. These findings suggest that the Chagas population presents co-morbidities and risk factors for developing chronic non-transmissible diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, making CD evolution even worse.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702007000400008&lng=en&tlng=enChagas diseasenutritiondyslipidemia |
| spellingShingle | Juliana Geraix Lidiane Paula Ardisson Jussara Marcondes-Machado Paulo Câmara Marques Pereira Clinical and nutritional profile of individuals with chagas disease Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases Chagas disease nutrition dyslipidemia |
| title | Clinical and nutritional profile of individuals with chagas disease |
| title_full | Clinical and nutritional profile of individuals with chagas disease |
| title_fullStr | Clinical and nutritional profile of individuals with chagas disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clinical and nutritional profile of individuals with chagas disease |
| title_short | Clinical and nutritional profile of individuals with chagas disease |
| title_sort | clinical and nutritional profile of individuals with chagas disease |
| topic | Chagas disease nutrition dyslipidemia |
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