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The increasing consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) may be a result of the environmental influences to which adolescents are exposed and/or habits acquired since childhood through family interactions.

Our aim was to investigate whether type of school administration (public or private), eating habits, and screen time are associated with the percentage caloric contribution of UPFs to total kilocalories consumed by Brazilian adolescents.

A cross-sectional secondary analysis of the Study of Cardiovascular Risk in Adolescents (ERICA) performed between March 2013 and December2014.

Overall, 71,553 adolescents from 1,247 public and private schools in 124 Brazilian cities (with a population of more than 100,000) were included.

We measured the percentage caloric contribution of UPFs to the total kilocalories consumed, obtained using one 24-hour food recall.

Generalized linear models were used, guided by the hierarchical model. Sample complexity was considered using the Stata svy command, with a significance level of 5%.

Overall, UPFs contributed an average of 28% (95% CI, 27.80%-28.15%) of total energy intake. see more Based on the final multivariate analysis, a significantly higher UPF diet was observed among adolescents from private schools (P < .001), those who do not consume meals offered by schools (P < .001), those who do not eat breakfast regularly (P < .05), those who eat in front of screens almost every day or every day (P < .001), and those who spend more time in front of screens (P < .001).

The findings of this study indicate that UPF consumption is associated with school type, eating habits, and screen time among Brazilian adolescents.
The findings of this study indicate that UPF consumption is associated with school type, eating habits, and screen time among Brazilian adolescents.Takotsubo's syndrome (TTS) is a form of stress cardiomyopathy with a relatively benign long-term course, but may lead to arrhythmias and cardiogenic shock in the acute setting. Despite a recent rise in suspected stress-induced cardiomyopathy, the relationship between the novel coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) and TTS is not fully understood. Early recognition of TTS in these patients is important to guide management and treatment. We present 2 cases of TTS arising in the setting of COVID-19 with rapid progression to biventricular heart failure and cardiogenic shock.
Increased left ventricular (LV) afterload in patients with aortic stenosis consists of valvular and vascular loads; however, the effects of vascular load induced by arterial stiffness on clinical outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) remain unclear. This study evaluated the prognostic value of brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) after TAVR.

A retrospective study including 161 consecutive patients who underwent TAVR with a pre-procedural baPWV assessment was conducted. We investigated the association between baPWV and the 1-year composite outcome comprising all-cause death and rehospitalization related to heart failure. Echocardiographic measurements including the LV mass index (LVMi) and LV diastolic function at 1, 6, and 12 months after TAVR were assessed.

Of the 161 patients, 31 patients experienced composite outcome within 1 year after TAVR. The receiver operating characteristic curve analysis revealed that the discriminating baPWV level to discern 1-year composite outco LV remodeling after TAVR.
Clinical significance of neoatherosclerosis (NA) observed at very late phase remains undetermined. We sought to investigate the association between NA observed by optical coherence tomography (OCT) 3-7 years after stenting and subsequent clinical outcomes.

We investigated previously implanted stents without stent failure in the institutional OCT database at Tsuchiura Kyodo General Hospital. Qualitative and quantitative OCT analyses were performed. In patient-based analysis, major adverse cardiac events (MACE) included all-cause death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, and clinically driven revascularization. MACE-free survival rate was compared between patients with any stent showing NA (NA group) and those without NA (non-NA group). In stent-based analysis, the stent failure including target-lesion revascularization and stent thrombosis after the belated OCT examination were assessed.

A total of 187 patients with 308 stents undergoing belated OCT examination 3-7 years after implantation were investigate.
Anterior and posterior pelvic tilt appears to play a role in total hip arthroplasty (THA) stability. When changing from the standing to the sitting position, the pelvis typically rotates posteriorly while the hips flex and this affects the femoro-acetabular positions. This case-control study compares changes in 3-D acetabular cup orientation during functional pelvic tilt between posterior THA dislocations vs stable THAs.

Standing and sitting 3-D cup orientation was compared between fifteen posterior dislocations vs 233 prospectively followed stable THAs. 3-D cup orientation was calculated using previously validated trigonometric algorithms on biplanar radiographs. Those algorithms combine the angles in the three anatomical planes (coronal inclination, transverse version, and sagittal ante-inclination) in the standing position with the change in sagittal pelvic tilt from standing to sitting to calculate the 3-D orientation in the sitting position.

The standing cup orientation of the dislocated THAs was only characterized by a lower coronal inclination (P= .039). Compared with the controls, from standing to sitting, they showed less posterior pelvic tilt (P < .001). This led to a significant lower coronal inclination (P < .001) and sagittal ante-inclination (P < .001) in the sitting position but similar transverse version (P= .366).

Comparing posterior THA dislocations to stable THAs, there is a lower increase of all three orientation angles from standing to sitting. This leads to a decreased sitting coronal inclination and sagittal ante-inclination which may lead to an increased risk of impingement ensued by THA instability. By contrast, the transverse version was not significantly different in both positions. This confirms the importance of biplanar data on functional cup orientation.

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