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Maternal caffeine intake during pregnancy and the risk of childhood asthma by 1...

BackgroundWe aimed to investigate the association between maternal caffeine intake during pregnancy and asthma in children by 10 years of age.MethodsWe considered 5585 mother-child pairs enrolled in a population-based birth cohort. Consumption of regular and decaffeinated coffee, black and green tea, and cola beverages before and during pregnancy was obtained through face-to-face interviews within 72 h after gi...

Reply to Prof. Tiejuan Shao et al.

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The association between childhood obesity and cardiovascular changes in 10 year...

The increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity is a worldwide problem, with several well-known consequences that might start to develop early in life during childhood. The present research based on data from children that have been followed since birth in a previously established cohort study (Generation XXI, Porto, Portugal), taking advantage of State-of-the-Art (SoA) data science techniques and methods, ...

Increased interaction and procedural flexibility favoured participation: Study ...

Objective: To understand participation and attrition phenomena variability in European cohorts of individuals born preterm through in-depth exploration of the interplay of situational elements involved. Methods: Multi-situated qualitative design, using focus groups, semi-structured interviews and collaborative visual methodology with a purposive sample of adults born preterm, parents and professionals (n = 124)...

AlergiaPT: A Portuguese media campaign to inspire people with allergies to make...

Compreender a participação em estudos de coorte europeus de crianças prematuras...

Contextualização: A retenção de participantes em estudos de coorte é um grande desafio. É necessária uma melhor compreensão de todos os elementos envolvidos nos fenómenos de participação e de atrito em contextos par‑ ticulares para desenvolver estratégias de retenção eficazes. O estudo visou alcançar uma compreensão aprofundada da retenção de participantes em coortes longitudinais centrando‑se tanto nas perspet...

Provision of Preexposure Prophylaxis at the Portuguese National Health Service ...

We aimed to study the uptake of preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) before and after its implementation in the Portuguese National Health Service (PNHS) among men who have sex with men (MSM). We studied 6164 participants in the Lisbon Cohort of MSM who participated between March 2014 and July 2019. 198 participants (3.2%) reported having recently used PrEP. Approximately one-third started PrEP after its implementati...

Impact of macro-socioeconomic determinants on sustainable perinatal health care...

Background: The WHO identified the importance of macro-socioeconomic determinants and political context as interlinked key factors affecting healthcare quality and health equity. As a response to the recent economic and financial crisis, Portugal approved in 2011 the Economic Adjustment Programme (EAP) to obtain financial assistance from the Troika in order to reduce public debt. This study aims to analyse the ...

Understanding participation in European cohort studies of preterm children: The...

Background: Retention of participants in cohort studies is a major challenge. A better understanding of all elements involved in participation and attrition phenomena in particular settings is needed to develop effective retention strategies. The study aimed to achieve an in-depth understanding of participant retention in longitudinal cohorts focusing on participants’ and researcher’s perspectives, across three...

Impact of macro-socioeconomic determinants on sustainable perinatal health care...

Background: The WHO identified the importance of macro-socioeconomic determinants and political context as interlinked key factors affecting healthcare quality and health equity. As a response to the recent economic and financial crisis, Portugal approved in 2011 the Economic Adjustment Programme (EAP) to obtain financial assistance from the Troika in order to reduce public debt. This study aims to analyse the ...