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03/Jun/2025
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2025AO1715
Highlights ■ Prevalence of HPV16 is extremely low in the tonsil of healthy Brazilian population. ■ The prevalence of HPV16 in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma was 10% in Brazilian samples. ■ The rate of HPV16 tonsillar infection should be lower than that reported previously in Brazil. ABSTRACT Objective: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 infection in the tonsils of patients without cancer and to analyze the associated risk factors in a low-risk population in […]
Keywords: Human papillomavirus viruses; Oropharynx; Palatine tonsil; Population characteristics; Prevalence; Surveys and questionnaires
28/Jan/2020
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2020AO4483
ABSTRACT Objective To analyze the characteristics of patients with hypertension and/or diabetes mellitus from Primary Healthcare units. Methods This is a retrospective study, with data collected from December 2014 of patients with hypertension and/or diabetes from 13 Primary Healthcare units located in the Southern region of Sao Paulo (SP, Brazil). Patients were compared by sex, diagnosis and cardiovascular risk using student t test, one way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis and χ2 tests. Results We evaluated 28,496 patients […]
Keywords: Chronic disease; Diabetes mellitus; Hypertension; Population characteristics; Primary Health Care