Articles
Seasonality of infant feeding practices in three Brazilian birth cohorts (with David A. González-Chica, Helen Gonçalves, Iná S. Santos, Aluísio J. D. Barros, Alicia Matijasevich, and Cesar G. Victora), International Journal of Epidemiology (2012)
Background We assessed the influence of season of birth on duration of breastfeeding and...
Maternal smoking during pregnancy and risk factors for cardiovascular disease in adulthood (with Bernardo Lessa Horta, Denise P. Gigante, Vera Maria F. Silveira, Isabel Oliveira, and Cesar G. Victora), Atherosclerosis (2011)
Objective: This study was aimed at assessing the effect of maternal smoking during pregnancy on...
The Influence of Persistent Pathogens on Circulating Levels of Inflammatory Markers: A Cross-Sectional Analysis from the Multi-Ethnic Study Of Atherosclerosis (with Ana V. Diez-Roux, Nancy S. Jenny, Michael Y. Tsai, Moyses Szklo, and Allison E. Aiello), BMC Public Health (2010)
Background: Systemic inflammation is linked to cardiovascular risk, but the influence of persistent pathogens, which...
Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations of Neighborhood Characteristics with Inflammatory Markers: Findings from the Multi-Ethnic Study Of Atherosclerosis (with Ana Diez Roux, Nalini Ranjit, Teresa E. Seeman, and Nancy S. Jenny), Health & Place (2010)
We investigated cross-sectional associations of neighborhood deprivation, problems, safety, and cohesion with circulating levels of...
Lifecourse Socioeconomic Trajectories and C-Reactive Protein Levels in Young Adults: Findings from a Brazilian Birth Cohort (with I. O. Oliveira; Bernardo L. Horta; D. P. Gigante; and Cesar G, Victora), Social Science & Medicine (2010)
Socioeconomic factors are associated with cardiovascular disease. C-reactive protein (CRP) is increasingly implicated as a...
Growth from birth to adulthood and abdominal obesity in a Brazilian birth cohort (with D. A. Gonzalez and C. G. Victoria), International Journal of Obesity (2010)
Background: Rapid weight gain in childhood may increase the risk of chronic adult diseases. Few...
Childhood Poverty and Abdominal Obesity in Adulthood: A Systematic Review (with David González and Cesar G. Victoria), Cadernos de Saúde Pública (2009)
Adverse socioeconomic conditions in childhood can have lasting effects on health, but evidence is lacking...
Life-course socio-economic factors, skin colour and abdominal obesity in adulthood in a Brazilian birth cohort (with David A. Gonzalez, John S. Yudkin, and Cesar G. Victora), Public Health Nutrition (2009)
Objective: Obesity is an increasingly prevalent nutritional disorder throughout the world. In particular, abdominal obesity...
Epidemiology of early and late growth in height, leg and trunk length: findings from a birth cohort of Brazilian males (with D. P. Gigante, R. C. Lima, F. C. Barros, and Cesar G. Victora), European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2009)
Background/Objective: To investigate socioeconomic, gestational and early life exposures as potential determinants of total height,...
Correlates of C-reactive protein levels in young adults: a population-based cohort study of 3827 subjects in Brazil (with I. O. Oliveira and Cesar G. Victora), Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research (2008)
The socio-demographic, behavioral and anthropometric correlates of C-reactive protein levels were examined in a representative...
Socioeconomic and racial/ethnic differentials of C-reactive protein levels: a systematic review of population-based studies (with Cesar G. Victora), BMC Public Health (2007)
Background: Socioeconomic and racial/ethnic factors strongly influence cardiovascular disease outcomes and risk factors. C-reactive protein...
Hb A1c in relation to intrauterine growth among male adolescents in southern Brazil (with S. R. Huttly, Cesar G. Victora, R. C. Lima, P. R. Post, J. W.L. Elizalde, and B. M.C. Gerson), European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2007)
The fetal origins hypothesis states that nutritional deprivation in utero affects fetal development and contributes...
Micronesia: Steps in the Right Direction, Pacific AIDS Alert (2000)
As I watch the hazy orange sun sink into the still blue sea overlooking Chuuk...