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Predictive Factors of Relapse After Methotrexate Discontinuation in Juvenile Id...
Azevedo, S; Tavares-Costa, J; Melo, AT; Freitas, R; Cabral, M; Conde, M; Aguiar, F; Neto, A; Mourão, AF; Oliveira-Ramos, F; Santos, MJ; Peixoto, DObjective: To identify predictive factors of relapse after discontinuation of Methotrexate (MTX) in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) patients with inactive disease. Methods: We conducted a prospective multicenter cohort study of patients diagnosed with JIA using real world data from the Portuguese national register database, Reuma.pt. Patients with JIA who have reached JADAS27 inactive disease and discontinu...
The impact of a community-based food education programme on dietary pattern in ...
Vasconcelos, C; Cabral, M; Ramos, E; Mendes, RThe purpose of this study was to analyse the effects of a food education programme, with easy-to-implement strategies integrated in a community-based exercise programme, on dietary pattern of patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Thirty-three patients (65.4 ± 5.9 years old) were engaged in a 9-month randomised controlled trial: a supervised exercise programme (control group [CON]; n = 15; combined exercise; thre...
Association of Body Mass Index with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Disease Activ...
Neto, A; Mourão, AF; Oliveira-Ramos, F; Campanilho-Marques, R; Estanqueiro, P; Salgado, M; Guedes, M; Piotto, D; Emi Aikawa, N; Melo Gomes, J; Cabral, MObjective: To investigate the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and disease activity in patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA). Methods: Patients with JIA, aged ≤18 years, registered at the Rheumatic Diseases Portuguese Register (Reuma.pt) in Portugal and Brazil were included. Ageand sex-specific BMI percentiles were calculated based on WHO growth standard charts and categorized into underwe...
Parental education associated with immune function in adolescence
Barroso, I; Cabral, M; Ramos, E; Guimarães, JTBackground: The immune system is affected and shaped by several internal and external factors. Among the external variables, the socioeconomic status is known to influence the immune system since the early years of life and throughout life. Methods: In this study, we assessed the relationship between parental education with the white blood cells and its subtypes in 1213 adolescents from the EPITeen cohort, asse...
Nutrition-related knowledge and its determinants in middle-aged and older patie...
Vasconcelos, C; Almeida, A; Sá, C; Viana, J; Cabral, M; Ramos, E; Mendes, RAims: To analyse nutrition-related knowledge and its determinants in middle-aged and older patients with T2D. Methods: In a cross sectional study, a total of 116 participants with T2D, aged 50–80 years, were recruited in primary health care. Data was collected by a self-reported questionnaire — the modified version of General Nutrition Knowledge Questionnaire (0–56 points). Sociodemographic data was also collec...
Longitudinal association of adiposity and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein f...
Cabral, M; Severo, M; Barros, H; Guimarães, JT; Ramos, EBackground and aims Longitudinal studies relating adiposity with low-grade inflammation are scarce. We aimed to examine the longitudinal association between the cumulative exposure to adiposity and low–grade inflammation from adolescence into early adulthood. Methods and results Data from a population-based cohort (EPITeen) (n = 1147) was analyzed. Body mass index (BMI), body fat percentage (BF%), waist circumf...
Central and peripheral body fat distribution: Different associations with low-g...
Cabral, M; Bangdiwala, SI; Severo, M; Guimarães, JT; Nogueira, L; Ramos, EBackground and aims Evidence regarding the impact of regional body fat distribution on low-grade inflammation is limited. The current study examined the association of central and peripheral body fat distribution and low-grade inflammation levels in young adults, considering collinearity between variables. Methods and results A cross-sectional analysis of 809 adults (aged 27 years) was conducted as part of the ...
The Impact of a Community-Based Food Education Program on Nutrition-Related Kno...
Vasconcelos, C; Almeida, A; Cabral, M; Ramos, E; Mendes, RThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of a community-based food education program on nutrition-related knowledge in middle-aged and older patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Participants (n = 36; 65.9 ± 6.0 years old) were recruited in primary health care to a 9-month community-based lifestyle intervention program for patients with T2D and randomly assigned to an exercise program (control group;...
Ability of adiposity indicators to identify elevated high-sensitivity C-reactiv...
Cabral, M; Severo, M; Ramos, EObjective The aim of the present study was to compare the discriminatory ability of different adiposity indicators in distinguishing subclinical inflammatory levels in individuals 21 y of age. Methods Data from the EPITeen (Epidemiological Health Investigation of Teenagers in Porto) population-based cohort (N = 1547) was analyzed. Body mass index (BMI), body fat percentage (BF%), waist circumference (WC), waist...
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...