Edmar Lacerda Mendes

Biographic Data

ID1384060
NAMEEdmar Lacerda Mendes
GIVEN NAMESEdmar Lacerda
FAMILY NAMEMendes
SIGNATUREMENDES E L
AFFILIATIONSUniversidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro
ORCID0000-0001-8182-8296
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • The influence of physical activity on sleep quality in people living with HIV: A scoping review

    Jéssica Fernanda Corrêa Cordeiro, Jeferson Roberto Collevatti dos Anjos et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2025

    OBJECTIVE: To map the evidence on the effects of physical activity on sleep quality in people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLHIV). METHODS: A scoping review was conducted using PubMed, EMBASE, LILACS, Scopus, Web of Science, EBSCO Sport Discus/CINAHL, and Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde. Additionally, Google Scholar and OpenGrey servers were checked. There were no language or publication year restrictions for the search. Primary studies …

  • Physical activity among children and adolescents: Recommendation compliance according to sex and age

    Open AccessAlynne Christian Ribeiro Andaki, Edmar Lacerda Mendes et al.ARTICLECuadernos de Educación y Desarrollo2024

    Aim: To describe physical activity (PA) patterns among children and adolescents according to sex and age and the accomplishment of PA recommendations. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study, with a non-randomized sample of 1,710 children and adolescents, selected from two Portugal databases. The sample was divided into 4 age groups [children (3-5-year-old) and (6-10-year-old); adolescents (11-14-year-old) and (15-18-year-old)]. PA was measured…

  • Relationship Among Body Mass Index, Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Blood Pressure in Portuguese Children and Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study

    Open AccessEdmar Lacerda Mendes, Paulo De Tarso Veras Farinatti et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2024

    This study examined the associations between age, adiposity, physical activity, sedentary behavior, and elevated blood pressure (BP) in 2901 Portuguese children and adolescents aged 2-18. BP, body mass index (BMI), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), physical activity, and sedentary behavior were measured. Elevated BP was defined as a BP above the 90th percentile for age, sex, and height. Multivariable analyses assessed the prevalence ratios (PR) of el…

  • Validade e reprodutibilidade de um questionário sobre uso de novas tecnologias e internet móvel em adolescentes brasileiros

    Open AccessCamilo Luis Monteiro Lourenço, Jairo Hélio Júnior et al.ARTICLERevista Tecnologia e Sociedade2020

    Este estudo testou a validade e reprodutibilidade do questionário de Tecnologias Portáteis e Internet Móvel (Tecno-Q1) em adolescentes brasileiros. Foram realizadas as seguintes etapas: 1) preparação do questionário; 2) validade de face e conteúdo; 3) clareza; 4) reprodutibilidade teste-reteste. A versão final do Tecno-Q possui 17 questões. O questionário obteve validade satisfatória para face (93%), conteúdo (81%) e clareza (95%). A reprodutibil…

  • Waist circumference percentile curves as a screening tool to predict cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome risk in Brazilian children

    Open AccessAlynne Christian Ribeiro Andaki, Edmar Lacerda Mendes et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2018Cited by: 1References: 45

    The goals of this study were to develop reference values for waist circumference (WC) in Brazilian children between 6-10 years old and to evaluate the WC performance in predicting cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in children. This is a population-based epidemiological cross-sectional study, in which 1,397 children participated, with a 6-10 years old probability sampling and from public and private schools in the city of U…

  • Waist circumference to height ratio predicts inflammatory risk in children

    Open AccessEdmar Lacerda Mendes, Alynne Christian Ribeiro Andaki et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Human Biology2016

    Anthropometric measurements have shown a moderate-to-strong association with the mRNA expression of inflammatory genes and a WHtR of 0.5 could serve as a cut-off point, suggesting increased risk of inflammatory responses

  • Análise De Grupos De Pesquisa Em Atividade Física E Envelhecimento No Brasil

    Open AccessJoilson Meneguci, Rafael Guimarães Dos Santos et al.ARTICLEEstudos Interdisciplinares sobre…2014

    Atividade física regular tem sido recomendada pelos estudiosos da área do envelhecimento devido aos seus benefícios à saúde. O objetivo desse estudo foi analisar e caracterizar os Grupos de Pesquisa em Atividade Física e Envelhecimento no Brasil, de acordo com a distribuição geográfica. Realizou-se busca sistemática no Diretório de Grupos de Pesquisa do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico sobre a temática: Atividade Físi…

  • Anthropometry and physical activity level in the prediction of metabolic syndrome in children

    Open AccessAlynne Christian Ribeiro Andaki, Adelson Luiz Araújo Tinôco et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2014

    Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of anthropometric measures and physical activity level in the prediction of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in children. Design Cross-sectional study with children from public and private schools. Children underwent an anthropometric assessment, blood pressure measurement and biochemical evaluation of serum for determination of TAG, HDL-cholesterol and glucose. Physical activity level was calculated and number of…