Maternal adiposity and maternal and cord blood concentrations of vitamin D [25(OH)D3] by Fernanda F.A. Simões, Natália P. Castro, Verônica V. Euclydes, Liania A. Luzia, Adriana A. Paiva, Patrícia H.C. Rondó

“…It involved 101 mother–newborn pairs from a public maternity in Sao Paulo city, Brazil. Demographic, socioeconomic and obstetric data, as well as anthropometry, physical activity and vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy, were investigated. …”
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Epidemiology of artherial hypertension in pregnants by Marilda Gonçalves de Sousa, Reginaldo Guedes Coelho Lopes, Maria Luiza Toledo Leite Ferreira da Rocha, Umberto Gazi Lippi, Edgar de Sousa Costa, Célia Maria Pinheiro dos Santos

“…Methods Data collection was performed at the high-risk prenatal outpatient clinic and in the maternity ward at a public hospital in the São Paulo city, during the morning and afternoon periods, from October 2015 to July 2016. …”
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Breastfeeding and non-nutritive sucking patterns related to the prevalence of anterior open bite in primary dentition by Camila Campos Romero, Helio Scavone-Junior, Daniela Gamba Garib, Flávio Augusto Cotrim-Ferreira, Rívea Inês Ferreira

“…MATERIAL AND METHODS: Infant feeding and non-nutritive sucking were investigated in a 3-6 year-old sample of 1,377 children, from São Paulo city, Brazil. Children were grouped according to breastfeeding duration: G1 - non-breastfed, G2 - shorter than 6 months, G3 - interruption between 6 and 12 months, and G4 - longer than 12 months. …”
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Tuberculous pericarditis : experience in a community hospital by Fernando Peixoto Ferraz de Campos, Aloísio Felipe-Silva, Leonardo Gomes Fonseca, Antônio Fernando Barros de Azevedo Filho, Luiz Fernando Seguro

“…In Butantan district of São Paulo city, the average incidence over the last 7 years was 47.7 new cases/100,000 inhabitants. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 variants in severely symptomatic and deceased persons who had been vaccinated against COVID-19 in São Paulo, Brazil by Karoline Rodrigues Campos, Cláudio Tavares Sacchi, Adriano Abbud, Adele Caterino-de-Araujo

“…This manuscript presents data from the Instituto Adolfo Lutz (IAL), a public health laboratory located in São Paulo City that receives samples from 17 Regional Health Departments under the Secretary of Health of São Paulo, for SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance. …”
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Detection of clinical and neurological signs in apparently asymptomatic HTLV-1 infected carriers: Association with high proviral load. by Michel E Haziot, M Rita Gascon, Tatiane Assone, Luiz Augusto M Fonseca, Olinda do Carmo Luiz, Jerusa Smid, Arthur M Paiva, Rosa Maria do N Marcusso, A C Penalva de Oliveira, Jorge Casseb

“…<h4>Methods</h4>175 HTLV-1-infected subjects were submitted to a careful neurological evaluation, during their regular follow up at the HTLV outpatient clinic of the Institute of Infectious Diseases "Emilio Ribas", São Paulo city, Brazil. Clinical evaluation and blinded standardized neurological screening were performed for all the subjects by the same neurologist (MH).…”
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The real importance of pre-existing comorbidities on long-term mortality after acute kidney injury. by Mariana B Pereira, Dirce M T Zanetta, Regina C R M Abdulkader

“…This mortality is much higher than the mortality of the population of São Paulo City, even after adjustment for age. A multiple survival analysis was performed using Cox proportional hazards regression model and showed that death was associated with Khan's index indicating high risk [adjusted hazard ratio 2.54 (1.38-4.66)], chronic liver disease [1.93 (1.15-3.22)], admission to non-surgical ward [1.85 (1.30-2.61)] and a second AKI episode during the same hospitalization [1.74 (1.12-2.71)]. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 isolation from the first reported patients in Brazil and establishment of a coordinated task network by Danielle Bastos Araujo, Rafael Rahal Guaragna Machado, Deyvid Emanuel Amgarten, Fernanda de Mello Malta, Gabriel Guarany de Araujo, Cairo Oliveira Monteiro, Erika Donizetti Candido, Camila Pereira Soares, Fernando Gatti de Menezes, Ana Carolina Cornachioni Pires, Rúbia Anita Ferraz Santana, Amanda de Oliveira Viana, Erick Dorlass, Luciano Thomazelli, Luis Carlos de Sousa Ferreira, Viviane Fongaro Botosso, Cristiane Rodrigues Guzzo Carvalho, Danielle Bruna Leal Oliveira, João Renato Rebello Pinho, Edison Luiz Durigon

“…METHODS After diagnosis in patients that returned from Italy to the São Paulo city in late February by RT-PCR, SARS-CoV-2 isolates were obtained in cell cultures and characterised by full genome sequencing, electron microscopy and in vitro replication properties. …”
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Serosurvey of Trypanosoma cruzi in persons experiencing homelessness and shelter workers of Brazil by Louise Bach Kmetiuk, Gustavo Gonçalves, Anahi Chechia Do Couto, Alexander Welker Biondo, Fabiano Borges Figueiredo

“…Thus, future studies are needed to confirm the active transmission of Chagas disease in São Paulo city. Moreover, Chagas disease should be considered as differential diagnosis in homeless persons and shelter workers, even in major disease-free Brazilian or other worldwide cities, mostly due to early exposure and vulnerable living conditions.…”
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Cancer inequalities in incidence and mortality in the State of São Paulo, Brazil 2001–17 by Adeylson Guimarães Ribeiro, Jacques Ferlay, Salvatore Vaccarella, Maria do Rosário Dias de Oliveira Latorre, José Humberto Tavares Guerreiro Fregnani, Freddie Bray

“…The magnitude of the incidence rates rose markedly with increasing SES in São Paulo city for colorectal, lung, female breast, and prostate cancer. …”
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Factors related to missing and rescheduling pharmaceutical care appointments by aged outpatients in a Brazilian public health setting by Thiago Vinícius Nadaleto Didone, Maristela Ferreira Catão Carvalho, Graziela Luppi, Daniela Oliveira de Melo, Eliane Ribeiro

“…Methods: All elderly patients who had at least one scheduled appointment in the PC service of a health setting of São Paulo city, Brazil, from January to December/2011 were included. …”
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The University of São Paulo on the 2017‘s GreenMetric Ranking by Faga Iglecias Lemos Patricia, da Rocha Brando Fernanda, Almeida Paulo, Consentino Kronka Mülfarth Roberta, Maria Gomes Aprilanti Tamara, Otávio do Amaral Marques Luis, Luciana Jorge Nayara, Fabrício Malheiros Tadeu

“…The University has been prioritizing the protection of green areas and biodiversity, in São Paulo city campus, totally surrounded by urban environment, but also in the other campuses in the countryside, some of them located in rural environment. …”
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Prevalence of Microorganisms and Immunoglobulins in Children with Tonsillar Hypertrophy and Adenoiditis by Henrique Prestes Miramontes, Djalma José Fagundes, Julia Coelho Lima e Jurgielewicz, Haroldo Prestes Miramontes Neto, Renan Gianotto de Oliveira, Gustavo Gianotto de Oliveira, Maria Rosa Machado de Souza

“…Data Synthesis: From 2012 to 2013 we conducted a retrospective observational study of 101 children with HBI who underwent tonsillectomies at Ambulatory ENT General Hospital of the East Zone of São Paulo City, a region with a poor socioeconomic population. …”
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Did Covid-19 lockdown positively affect the urban environment and UN- Sustainable Development Goals? by Ritwik Nigam, Gaurav Tripathi, Tannu Priya, Alvarinho J Luis, Eric Vaz, Shashikant Kumar, Achala Shakya, Bruno Damásio, Mahender Kotha

“…The growth in the urban environmental variables during lockdown phase 2020 relative to a similar period in 2019 varied from 13.92% for Toronto to 13.76% for greater Mumbai to 21.55% for Kuala Lumpur; it dropped to -10.56% for Mexico and -1.23% for Sao Paulo city. The total lockdown was more effective in revitalizing the urban environment than partial lockdown. …”
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Reuniões de pais na educação infantil: modos de gestão Parent teacher meetings in early childhood education: management styles by Heloisa Helena Genovese de Oliveira Garcia, Lino de Macedo

“…Case study of eleven meetings held in two public pre-schools of São Paulo city. The different ways of meeting management were analyzed according to three aspects: form (agenda of meeting), content (subject) and dynamics (relationship between teachers and parents). …”
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A Opinião dos Turistas de Negócios sobre a Imagem da Cidade de São Paulo by Luis Noriega Vera, José Afonso Mazzon José Afonso Mazzon José Afonso Mazzon

“….&#13; &#13; &#13; Abstract&#13; This article presents the descriptive analysis of the main results of a survey held from June 15th through July 15th 2006 in the two São Paulo City airports. The survey targeted business tourists visiting the city. …”
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Temporal sleep patterns in adults using actigraph by Lia Matuzaki, Rogerio Santos-Silva, Elaine Cristina Marqueze, Claudia Roberta de Castro Moreno, Sergio Tufik, Lia Bittencourt

“…The aim of the present study was to characterize the temporal patterns of sleep and wakefulness in a sample of the adult subjects from São Paulo city. All subjects filled the Morningness/Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ) and wore an actigraph for at least three consecutive days. …”
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Sleep habits and starting time to school in Brazilian children Hábitos de sono e período escolar em crianças brasileiras by Tatiana A. Silva, Luciane B.C. Carvalho, Luciana Silva, Marilaine Medeiros, Vivian B. Natale, Joao E.C. Carvalho, Lucila B.F. Prado, Gilmar F. Prado

“…CONCLUSION: Starting time to school deeply influences sleep habits in Brazilian children from São Paulo City, in whom bed-time rituals are highly prevalent.…”
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Aging and decreased glomerular filtration rate: An elderly population-based study. by Regina C R M Abdulkader, Emmanuel A Burdmann, Maria Lúcia Lebrão, Yeda A O Duarte, Dirce M T Zanetta

“…A multistage cluster sample composed of 1,253 individuals representative of 1,249,388 inhabitants of São Paulo city aged ≥60 years in 2010 was analyzed. The participants answered a survey on socio-demographic factors and health, had blood pressure measured and urine and blood samples collected. …”
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COVID-19 containment management strategies in a nursing home by Antonio Carlos Pereira Barretto Filho, Danute Bareisys Salotto, João Francisco Lindenberg Schoueri, Jeane Mike Tsutsui, Celso Francisco Hernandes Granato, Marianna Barbosa Yamaguchi, Riciane de Carvalho, Nadir Zacarias, Antônio Sérgio Zafred Marcelino, Rogerio Rabelo, Wilson Jacob Filho

“…ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the first COVID-19 pandemic at Casa Ondina Lobo, a philanthropic nursing home in São Paulo city, and the containment measures against the pandemic that proved to be effective. …”
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