Denise P Gigante

Biographic Data

ID117844
NAMEDenise P Gigante
GIVEN NAMESDenise P
FAMILY NAMEGigante
SIGNATUREGIGANTE D P
AFFILIATIONSUniversidade Federal de Pelotas
ORCID0000-0001-7309-5838
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS115
TOTAL CITATIONS528
AUTHOR COUNT115
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1993
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX14

  • Adiposity trajectories from ages 11 to 22 years

    Open AccessRiceli Rodeghiero Oliveira, Luísa Silveira Da Silva et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2025References: 31

    We examined adiposity trajectories (body mass index - BMI and body fat percentage - BF%) from ages 11 to 22 years and described them according to sex and maternal characteristics. Data were analyzed from the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort. BMI (n = 3,072) and BF% (n = 3,058) measurements were assessed at four time points (11, 15, 18, and 22 years). Trajectories were found using a group-based modeling approach by sex and described according to…

  • Epidemiology of interleukin-6

    Open AccessFrancine Silva Dos Santos, Isabel Oliveira De Oliveira et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Human Biology2021

    Body composition was the main predictor for the outcome evaluated in males and females. Thus, the avoidance of overweight remains an important strategy for the prevention and control of cardiovascular risk and biomarkers associated with these diseases

  • Methodological aspects of the anthropometric assessment in the Brazilian National Survey on Child Nutrition (Enani-2019)

    Open AccessLuiz Antonio Dos Anjos, Haroldo Da Silva Ferreira et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2021Cited by: 11References: 8

    The article presents methodological aspects of anthropometric assessment of nutritional status in children under five years of age and their biological mothers. It discusses the strategies used for training and data collection in the Brazilian National Survey on Child Nutrition (ENANI-2019). ENANI-2019 is a population-based household survey conducted in 123 municipalities in Brazil's 26 states and the Federal District. The anthropometric measurem…

  • Violência contra a mulher na vida

    Open AccessIdiane Barbosa Dos Santos, Franciele Marabotti Costa Leite et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2020

    O objetivo deste artigo é estimar a prevalência e os fatores associados à violência praticada por parceiro íntimo, ao longo da vida, entre as usuárias da Atenção Primária. Estudo transversal com mulheres de 20 a 59 anos. O rastreio das violências foi feito pelo instrumento da Organização Mundial da Saúde. Regressão de Poisson foi utilizada para análise bruta e ajustada. Participaram 991 mulheres. As prevalências de violência, ao longo da vida, fo…

  • Food processing and cardiometabolic risk factors

    Open AccessFrancine Silva Dos Santos, Mariane Da Silva Dias et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2020

    OBJECTIVE: To systematically review the evidence for the association between food consumption according to processing and cardiometabolic factors in adults and/or the elderly. METHOD: Two independent evaluators analyzed the electronic databases PubMed, Web of Science and Lilacs until December 2018. We used the following terms: (convenience foods OR food processing OR highly-processed OR industrialized foods OR minimally-processed OR prepared food…

  • Age at menarche associated with subsequent educational attainment and risk-taking behaviours

    Open AccessLucia Calthorpe, Denise P Gigante et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Human Biology2020

    Background: Earlier age at menarche (AAM), a marker of puberty timing in females, has been associated with a higher likelihood of adolescent risk-taking behaviours and variably associated with educational attainment. Aim: To examine the association between AAM and educational attainment in the Pelotas, Brazil, 1982 Birth Cohort. Subjects and methods: AAM was categorised as Early (7-11 years), Average (12-13 years), or Late (14+ years). Primary ou…

  • O agente comunitário de saúde como interlocutor da alimentação complementar em Pelotas, RS, Brasil

    Open AccessFrancine Silva Dos Santos, Gicele Costa Mintem et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2019

    Este artigo avalia o conhecimento dos agentes comunitários de saúde em alimentação complementar e sua associação com características sociodemográficas, rotinas de trabalho e descreve os recursos disponíveis nas unidades básicas de saúde para que tenham domínio neste tema. Foi aplicado um questionário ao responsável do serviço de saúde e outro aos agentes comunitários de saúde, este último composto pelo teste de conhecimento que permitiu o cálculo…

  • Associação entre excesso de peso e obesidade e mortalidade em capitais brasileiras e províncias argentinas

    Open AccessValeria Romina Amann, Leonardo Pozza et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2019References: 25

    O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a associação da prevalência de excesso de peso e obesidade com as taxas de mortalidade total e específica nas capitais brasileiras e províncias argentinas. Estudo ecológico com dados secundários, em que as exposições principais foram as prevalências de excesso de peso e obesidade estimadas com base em dados da pesquisa Vigilância de Fatores de Risco e Proteção para Doenças Crônicas por Inquérito Telefônico (V…

  • Implication of violence against women on not performing the cytopathologic test

    Open AccessFranciele Marabotti Costa Leite, Maria Helena Costa Amorim et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2018

    OBJECTIVE: To analyze the association between intimate partner violence and not performing the cytopathologic test in the last three years. METHODS: It is a transversal study, performed in 26 health units in the city of Vitória, state Espírito Santo, from march to September 2014. The sample was constituted by 106 primary care female users, aging from 30 to 59 years-old. Data on cervical cancer screening were collected, besides the women’s sociode…

  • Impact of stressful life events on central adiposity in the Pelotas Birth Cohort

    Open AccessPamela J Surkan, Kwame S Sakyi et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2018

    OBJECTIVE: To investigate how stressful life events and social support relate to central adiposity in Southern Brazil. METHODS: Data included information from 802 participants in the 1982 Pelotas Birth Cohort that was collect in 2004–2005 and 2006. Stratifying by sex, we studied self-reported stressful life events during the year before 2004–2005 in relation to change in waist circumference between 2004–2005 and 2006 and waist-to-hip ratio in 200…

  • An empirical assessment of the Healthy Early Childhood Program in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil

    Open AccessFelipe Garcia Ribeiro, Gisele Braun et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2018References: 27

    We investigate the effect of a family-based primary health care program (Healthly Early Childhood Program) on infant mortality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. We estimate infant mortality's counterfactual trajectories using the differences-in-differences approach, combined with the use of longitudinal data for all municipalities in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Our main result is that the program reduced the number of deaths caused b…

  • Efeitos da mobilidade social na saúde mental de adultos

    Open AccessLenice De Castro Muniz De Quadros, Helen Castillo Laura et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2016

    Este estudo teve como objetivo identificar as pesquisas longitudinais que avaliaram a relação entre mobilidade social e transtornos mentais em adultos. Foi realizada uma revisão eletrônica da literatura nas bases de dados PubMed/Medline e PsycINFO, além do rastreamento das referências bibliográficas dos artigos selecionados para análise. Foram selecionados estudos de coorte, tendo como exposição a mobilidade social e os transtornos relacionados à…

  • Excesso de peso/obesidade no ciclo da vida e composição corporal na idade adulta

    Open AccessGabriela Callo, Denise P Gigante et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2016Cited by: 2References: 23

    O presente estudo teve por objetivo avaliar a associação entre sobrepeso/obesidade em diferentes momentos do ciclo vital com a composição corporal em adultos jovens. Foram utilizados dados da coorte de nascimentos de Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, 1982, que tem acompanhado, em diferentes idades, os nascidos vivos cuja família residia na zona urbana da cidade. Aos 30 anos, 3.701 participantes da coorte foram entrevistados, e a composição corp…

  • Tendências e desigualdades nos comportamentos de risco em adolescentes

    Open AccessLeidy Johanna Ocampo Arroyave, Maria Clara Restrepo-Méndez et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2016References: 7

    O objetivo do presente trabalho é descrever tendências e desigualdades nos comportamentos de risco à saúde em adolescentes. Estudo transversal, comparando duas coortes de nascimentos da cidade de Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Foram incluídos 1.281 adolescentes da coorte de 1982 e 4.106 da coorte de 1993 acompanhados em 2001 e 2011, respectivamente. Foi avaliado o consumo de álcool, uso de drogas ilícitas, uso de tabaco, iniciação sexual < 1…

  • Association between breastfeeding and intelligence, educational attainment, and income at 30 years of age

    Open AccessCesar G Victora, Bernardo L Horta et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet Global Health2015

    BACKGROUND: Breastfeeding has clear short-term benefits, but its long-term consequences on human capital are yet to be established. We aimed to assess whether breastfeeding duration was associated with intelligence quotient (IQ), years of schooling, and income at the age of 30 years, in a setting where no strong social patterning of breastfeeding exists. METHODS: A prospective, population-based birth cohort study of neonates was launched in 1982 …

  • Parental childhood growth and offspring birthweight

    Open AccessO Yaw Addo, Aryeh D Stein et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Human Biology2015

    OBJECTIVE: Associations between parental and offspring size at birth are well established, but the relative importance of parental growth at different ages as predictors of offspring birthweight is less certain. Here we model parental birthweight and postnatal conditional growth in specific age periods as predictors of offspring birthweight. METHODS: We analyzed data from 3,392 adults participating in four prospective birth cohorts and 5,506 of t…

  • Change in body weight and body image in young adults

    Open AccessGicele Costa Mintem, Denise P Gigante et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    Individuals exhibiting increased BMI z-scores between 4 and 23 years of age reported higher risks of body dissatisfaction at 23 years of age. This finding is important because body dissatisfaction can cause psychological, social, self-esteem problems, and well-being

  • Social mobility and smoking

    Open AccessJanaína Vieira Dos Santos Motta, Natália Peixoto Lima et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2015

    The purpose of this study is to review the literature on longitudinal studies that have evaluated the effect of social mobility on the occurrence of smoking in various populations. Articles were selected from the web databases PubMed and Web of Science using the words: follow up, cohort longitudinal prospective, social mobility, social change life, course socioeconomic, smoking, and tobacco. Of the six studies identified in this review, four used…

  • Gestational age and newborn size according to parental social mobility

    Open AccessDenise P Gigante, Bernardo L Horta et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2015Cited by: 3References: 24

    BACKGROUND: We examined the associations between socioeconomic trajectories from birth to adulthood and gestational age and birth size in the next generation, using linked data from two population-based birth cohorts carried out in a Brazilian city. By comparing socioeconomic trajectories of mothers and fathers, we attempted to identify-specific effects of maternal and paternal socioeconomic trajectory on offspring birth weight, birth length, hea…

  • Consumption of ultra-processed foods and their impact on the diet of young adults

    Open AccessRenata Moraes Bielemann, Janaína V Santos Motta et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2015Cited by: 13References: 19

    OBJECTIVE To evaluate the consumption of ultra-processed foods, its associated factors, and its influence on nutrient intake in young adults.METHODS In 2004-2005, the individuals belonging to the Pelotas birth cohort of 1982 were identified for a home interview. A total of 4,297 individuals were interviewed and 4,202 individuals were included in the study (follow-up rate of 77.4%). Diet was assessed using a questionnaire on dietary intake and the…

  • Evolução do excesso de peso e obesidade até a idade adulta, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, 1982-2012

    Open AccessNatália Peixoto Lima, Bernardo L Horta et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2015Cited by: 4References: 22

    Este trabalho analisou a prevalência de excesso de peso e obesidade na adolescência e idade adulta em indivíduos pertencentes a coorte de nascimentos de 1982, da cidade de Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, segundo características sociais e demográficas. Em 1982, os nascimentos hospitalares que ocorreram na cidade de Pelotas foram identificados e os nascidos vivos (n = 5.914) cuja família residia na zona urbana da cidade têm sido acompanhados. N…

  • Preferência por comportamentos favoráveis à prática de atividade física e nível de atividade física de crianças de uma cidade do sul do Brasil

    Open AccessRenata Moraes Bielemann, Mariana Otero Xavier et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2014

    O artigo objetiva descrever preferências por comportamentos favoráveis à prática de atividade física (AF) e avaliar sua influência sobre o nível de AF de crianças da cidade de Pelotas, RS. Estudo transversal de base populacional com crianças de 4 a 11 anos. Comportamentos favoráveis à prática de AF foram avaliados pelo Netherlands Physical Activity Questionnaire (NPAQ). O tempo de AF moderada ou vigorosa (AFMV) foi medido por acelerometria. Análi…

  • Comparação entre duas escalas de segurança alimentar

    Open AccessLeonardo Pozza, Leonardo Pozza Dos Santos et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2014

    Este artigo tem por objetivo comparar a versão curta da escala de segurança alimentar, recomendada pela FAO, e a Escala Brasileira de Insegurança Alimentar (EBIA). Foi utilizado um questionário com as duas escalas, além de informações demográficas e socioeconômicas. Os índices de sensibilidade, especificidade, valores preditivos positivo e negativo e acurácia foram obtidos pela comparação dos valores entre as escalas. Com o intuito de avaliar a c…

  • Binge eating in adults

    Open AccessGiovanny Vinícius Araújo De França, Denise P Gigante et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2014

    Objective To estimate the prevalence of episodes of binge eating and to assess potential associations with nutritional status, satisfaction with current body weight, self-rated health status and self-rated body weight. Design A cross-sectional population-based study. Binge eating was assessed using adapted questions from the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Questionnaire on Eating and Weight Patterns and was defined as binging one or more time…

  • Consumption of foods with voluntary fortification of micronutrients in southern Brazil

    Open AccessAna Carolina Lima Cirino, Roberta De Vargas Zanini et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2014

    Objective To investigate the consumption of foods with voluntary fortification of vitamins and minerals (FVFVM) according to demographic, socio-economic and health characteristics. Design A cross-sectional population-based study. Setting The investigated food groups were selected in two stages according to availability of food in the local market and prevalence of food consumption in a recent national survey. The research instruments included a q…