title: [Medical assessments and measurements in ELSA-Brasil].
abstract: The article describes assessments and measurements performed in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study for Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil). Some assessments including anthropometric assessment, casual blood pressure measurement, and ankle-brachial index have an established clinical application while others including pulse wave velocity, heart rate variability, and carotid intima-media thickness have no established application and do not have reference values for healthy Brazilian population but may be important predictors of cardiovascular outcomes. Blood pressure measurement following postural change maneuver was included in the ELSA-Brasil because it has not been much tested in epidemiological studies. Innovative approaches were developed for assessing the ankle-brachial index using an automatic device instead of the mercury column to measure blood pressure and for assessing the anterior-posterior diameter of the right lobe of the liver by ultrasound for quantitative assessment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. All ELSA-Brasil subjects were younger (35 years or more) than those included in other cohorts studying subclinical atherosclerosis. The inclusion of younger individuals and a variety of assessments make the ELSA-Brasil a relevant epidemiology study nationwide and worldwide.
authors.forename: Jose Geraldo
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Mill
authors.forename: Karina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: Rosane Härter
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Griep
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goulart
authors.forename: Murilo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Foppa
authors.forename: Paulo A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Lotufo
authors.forename: Marcelo K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Maestri
authors.forename: Antonio Luiz
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Rodrigo Varejão
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Andreão
authors.forename: Eduardo Miranda
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Dantas
authors.forename: Ilka
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Sandra C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Fuchs
authors.forename: Roberto de Sá
authors.initials: Rde S
authors.lastname: Cunha
authors.forename: Isabela M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Bensenor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000175:diagnosis; D019937:Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures / Q000145:classification*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic