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Trajectories of depressive symptoms through adolescence and young adulthood: social and health outcomes
Depressive symptoms display heterogeneous trajectories across adolescence, which can lead to different consequences. This study aimed to identify trajectories of depressive symptoms from adolescence to young a...
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Depressive symptoms at 13 years as predictors of depression in older adolescents: a prospective 4-year follow-up study in a nonclinical population
Depression is the most important source of disability in adolescents, partially due to its recurrence. There is a lack of studies on population-based samples investigating the continuity of depressive symptoms...
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Sulphur content estimation of Venezuelan heavy oil by fast neutron and gamma transmission technique
A compact and modern equipment for implementing the fast neutron and γ-ray transmission technique (FNGT) has been developed in order to estimate the sulphur content of crude oil. FNGT is employed for non- dest...
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Duration and degree of adiposity: effect on cardiovascular risk factors at early adulthood
The effect of adiposity dynamics throughout adolescence on adult cardiometabolic outcomes is not well known. We aimed to assess the effect of duration and degree of adiposity from adolescence to early adulthoo...
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Protein intake and dietary glycemic load of 4-year-olds and association with adiposity and serum insulin at 7 years of age: sex-nutrient and nutrient–nutrient interactions
The role of Protein Intake (PI) at preschool age on later adiposity is understudied, and prospective studies also examining Dietary Glycemic Load (GL) are lacking. The current study evaluated the association o...
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Trajectories of total and central adiposity throughout adolescence and cardiometabolic factors in early adulthood
Our aim was to identify trajectories of total and central adiposity from 13 to 21 years, and to investigate how adiposity changes at different phases of adolescence relate to adulthood cardiovascular risk fact...
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Developmental trajectories of adiposity from birth until early adulthood and association with cardiometabolic risk factors
To identify developmental trajectories of adiposity from birth until early adulthood, and to investigate how they relate with cardiometabolic risk factors at 21 years of age.
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The influence of socioeconomic factors and family context on energy-dense food consumption among 2-year-old children
Adverse effect on health has been described for a high consumption of energy-dense food, among children and adults. Limited research has been performed among pre-school children. The objective of this study is...
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k0-INAA of Venezuelan ceramics and complete statistical analysis to establish their provenance
A group of 46 archaeological figurines samples (ad 1300 and 1500) from Venezuelan mainland and northern island were analyzed by k0-instrumental neutron activation analysis (k0-INAA) to obtain their elemental cont...
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Unawareness of weight and height - the effect on self-reported prevalence of overweight in a population-based study
Self-reported height and weight are commonly used to estimate body mass index. The present study aims to identify the characteristics of participants who reported not to know their height or weight and to eval...
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Development of a tool for the assessment of calcium and vitamin D intakes in clinical settings
The study aim was to develop a tool (software and ruler) to assess the dietary calcium and vitamin D intakes in Portugal, and evaluate the usefulness of non-dietary variables as intake predictors. Our findings...
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Hip fractures cluster in space: an epidemiological analysis in Portugal
Using Portuguese hospital registers (2000–2002) we calculated age-standardized incidence rates of hip fractures. Spatial clusters of high incidence rates were found, with annual averages (per 100,000 inhabitan...
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Molecular epidemiology of pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates from Portuguese Central Hospital
The relatedness between clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa obtained from patients during their stay in a Portuguese Central Hospital was evaluated. Genotypic fingerprinting (M13-PCR), phenotypic methods (biotypin...
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Central obesity as a major determinant of increased high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in metabolic syndrome
Traditional cardiovascular risk factors such as central obesity, high blood pressure and insulin resistance, all constituents of metabolic syndrome, have been associated with increased levels of C-reactive pro...
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Food hypersensitivity in Portuguese adults
Objective: To describe the frequency and epidemiological features of self-reported food hypersensitivity in Portuguese adults.
