@article{22452,
  keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Age Distribution, Aged, Body Mass Index, Body Size, Brazil, Child, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, leprosy, Male, Middle Aged, Nutritional Status, Primary Health Care, Sex Distribution, Socioeconomic Factors, Young Adult},
  author = {Montenegro RMN and Zandonade E and Molina MDCB and Diniz LM},
  title = {Reactional state and nutritional profile among leprosy patients in the primary health care system, Greater Vitória, Espírito Santo State, Brazil.},
  abstract = {<p>Leprosy may present acute/subacute inflammatory processes (leprosy reactions). The study characterized the reactional states of patients at health clinics in Vitória, Espírito Santo State, Brazil, and associated them with sociodemographic factors and clinical/nutritional variables. between January and December 2009, longitudinal follow-up of patients with leprosy continued until leprosy reactions occurred or patients completed 6 months of multidrug therapy. Of the 151 patients participating, 78 (51.7%) were females, 48 (31.8%) had 5 to 8 years schooling, 93 (61.6%) worked and earned from 1 to 3 minimum wages, and 55 (36.4 %) had leprosy reactions, but with no statistical association to socioeconomic characteristics or nutritional status. However, absence of reaction was more common in the low-weight group, suggesting a trend in this group to protection from the reaction (p = 0.0906). The study found no association between nutritional status and leprosy reaction.</p>},
  year = {2012},
  journal = {Cadernos de saude publica},
  volume = {28},
  pages = {31-8},
  month = {2012 Jan},
  publisher = {Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Escola Nacional De Saude Publica},
  address = {Rio De Janeiro },
  issn = {1678-4464},
  url = {http://www.scielosp.org/pdf/csp/v28n1/04.pdf},
  doi = {10.1590/s0102-311x2012000100004},
  language = {eng},
}