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White blood cells in a healthy adolescent population according to social and he...
Barroso, I; Ramos, E; Craveiro, V; Guimarães, JTBackground:The immune system constitutes a sensory system both for heritable and non-heritable factors. Among the latter, social and environmental determinants of health may influence and shape the immune system in early life. To study the relationship between leukocytes and determinants of health in adolescence, we assessed total and differential white blood cells (WBC) according to social and environmental de...
How the metabolic phenotype in adulthood is affected by long-lasting immunologi...
Barroso, I; Guimarães, JT; Craveiro, V; Severo, M; Ramos, EA close relationship between immune and metabolic systems has been perceived in the recent past. We aimed to assess whether the immunological trajectories of circulating white blood cells (WBC) started in adolescence, affects the metabolic phenotype in adulthood. We used data from 1183 participants of the population-based EPITeen cohort, evaluated at 13, 17, 21, 24 and 27 years of age. The Immunological traject...
Metabolically healthy overweight in young adulthood: is it a matter of duration...
Craveiro, V; Ramos, E; Araújo, JBackground and aim Given the controversy regarding metabolically healthy obesity, we studied the association between duration and degree of body mass index (BMI) from adolescence to early adulthood and metabolic status of both overweight/obese and under/normal weight subjects. Methods and results Participants of the EPITeen cohort were evaluated at 13, 17, 21 and 24 years (n = 1040). Duration and degree of BMI ...
Immunological Trajectories of White Blood Cells from Adolescence to Adulthood: ...
Barroso, I; Guimarães, JT; Severo, M; Craveiro, V; Ramos, EBackground: The immune system gradually matures early in life in the face of internal and external stimuli. Whether the immune responses are lasting and stable during the course of life is still unclear. Methods: As part of the EPITeen cohort, 1183 adolescents were prospectively evaluated at the ages of 13, 17, 21, 24 and 27. Sociodemographic, behavioral and clinical data were collected by self- and face-to-fac...
The effect of impact exercise on bone mineral density: A longitudinal study on ...
Simões, D; Craveiro, V; Santos, MP; Camões, M; Pires, B; Ramos, EPurpose High impact exercise is known to induce osteogenic effects in the skeleton. However, less is known about the systemic effect of exercise practice in a potential adaptive mechanism of the skeletal accrual. This research aimed to assess the effect of impact exercise on bone mineral density (BMD) in the radius throughout adolescence. Methods This study evaluated 1137 adolescents, at 13 and 17 years old, as...
Vitamin D – from the pro-hormone to biological actions
Craveiro, V; Araujo, J; Santos, A; Ramos, EA vitamina D (calciferol) é uma pró-hormona lipossolúvel que apresenta duas formas principais - vitamina D2 (ergocalciferol) e vitamina D3 (colecalciferol). A vitamina D2 é obtida via irradiação ultravioleta B (UVB) do ergosterol, um esterol dos fungos, e a vitamina D3 é sintetizada na pele humana/animal, após exposição do 7-desidrocolesterol à radiação UVB. Ambas as formas são produzidas comercialmente e encon...
Association of Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentration with Pulmonary Function ...
Craveiro, V; Cabral, M; Araújo, J; Falcão, H; Guimarães, JT; Ramos, EThe role of vitamin D on pulmonary function is unclear and is mostly studied in patients, smokers and elderly people. The aim of this paper was to evaluate the association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentration and pulmonary function in young adults. Cross-sectional analysis of 499 individuals that were evaluated at 21 years of age as part of the population-based cohort Epidemiological Health...