2007
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27302007000900006
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TSH levels associated with slimming pill use in a population-based study of brazilian women

Abstract: Objective: To determine the consumption of slimming pills (SP) and its association with TSH levels. Research Methods and Procedures: A survey was carried out in Rio de Janeiro (about 5 million inhabitants), Brazil, from June 2004 to April 2005. Households (1,500) were selected using three-stage probability sampling. Women were asked about use of SP, and blood sample was collected. Women were classified as users of SP any time in life, but not in previous two months (n = 293), current users (n = 150), and never… Show more

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“…There is a possibility of selection bias in having included some individuals with nonthyroidal illness (43), but it is not very likely to be of significance in this study, since FT 4 levels were significantly higher in individuals with SChyper than in euthyroid subjects (Table 2), which is consistent with mild thyroid hormone excess. Finally, the use of slimming pills, a common practice in Brazil (44), could have affected the prevalence of SChyper in our population, but participants did not report such use.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 88%
“…There is a possibility of selection bias in having included some individuals with nonthyroidal illness (43), but it is not very likely to be of significance in this study, since FT 4 levels were significantly higher in individuals with SChyper than in euthyroid subjects (Table 2), which is consistent with mild thyroid hormone excess. Finally, the use of slimming pills, a common practice in Brazil (44), could have affected the prevalence of SChyper in our population, but participants did not report such use.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 88%
“…Tais resultados são semelhantes àqueles encontrados em instituição que am- para crianças e adolescentes infratores em Porto Alegre, RS (6,5%) 23 , e são superiores aos dados obtidos em 2005 no Levantamento Domiciliar sobre o Uso de Drogas Psicotrópicas no Brasil, que envolveu as 108 maiores cidades brasileiras e evidenciou que 4,1% dos pesquisados já haviam usado anorexígenos 24 . Por outro lado, proporções maiores foram encontradas em estudo realizado por Sichieri et al 25 em mulheres com 35 anos ou mais, residentes em domicílios particulares permanentes do município do Rio de Janeiro, em que o uso de fórmulas alguma vez na vida foi relatado por 34%, sendo as frequências maiores entre mulheres mais jovens e obesas e de nível socioeconômico mais elevado. O elevado consumo dessas substâncias pelos universitários piauienses cuja média de idade foi de 23,2 anos corrobora com panorama preocupante com relação à situação brasileira no ranking mundial do consumo desses medicamentos 12 .…”
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“…Considerando o pequeno número de estudos de base populacional que avaliou as associações do status socioeconômico com excesso de peso, fizemos uma reanálise de dados já publicados de estudo de base populacional realizado em 2004/2005, na cidade do Rio de Janeiro (SICHIERI et al, 2007a). Em síntese, esse estudo avaliou 1.299 mulheres acima de 35 anos, de 1.500 domicílios selecionados por amostragem por conglomerados, em três estágios, contemplando uma mulher por domicílio.…”
Section: Status Socioeconômicounclassified