BVS Paraguay

Prevalencia de los factores de riesgo de enfermedades cardiovasculares en Asunción, Paraguay. Informe preliminar

Moreno Azorero, Ricardo; Jiménez, Jorge; Figueredo, Rafael; PLcio, Mafalda; Vicenta de Melgarejo, María; Medina, Ursula; Zarate, Rosa; Wiek, Sonia; Kiefer, Renata.

This is the first research effort investigating cardiovascular risk in Paraguay. We report results of our ongoing cross-sectional prevalence study of riskfactors for coronary heart disease in the first 497 of 2,000 adult volunteers recruited from a population-based sample of households selected by a rand...

Prevalencia de hiperlipemia en Asunción y área metropolitana

Melgarejo, María; Ramírez, Alejandrina; Echague, Gloria; Sosa, Liliana; Wiek, Sonia; Zárate, Rosa; Jiménez, Jorge; Figueredo, Rafael; Moreno Azorero, Ricardo.

In this study, 1606 individuals were studied in order to establish the prevalence of hyperlipemia in Asunción and metropolitan areas. The prevalence of hyperlipemia was 12.8 percent, and acoording to age the hypercholesterolemia was: 7.4 percent (20 to 49 years), 8.5 percent (50 to 59 years), and 12.9 p...

Estudio serológico de enfermedades de chagas en tres unidades militares de Asunción

Rovira, Cristina; Carpinelli de Tomassone, Mariá Mercedes; Wiek, Sonia.

A serological survey for Chagas' diseases has been performed in 300 conscripts belonging to there branches of service of the Armed Forces of Paraguay, in military barracks located in Asunción. An Elisa kit, the Chagas'test kit, developed at IICS, has been used in this study, which revealed 7 percent of ...