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Association between children's food insecurity and a Healthy Eating Index in Po...
Maia, I; Oliveira, A; Severo, M; Santos, ACEvidence on the association between children's food insecurity (FI) and dietary patterns (DPs) is scarce. This study assessed the association between children's FI and a priori and a posteriori-defined DPs in a Portuguese population-based sample of children. A cross-sectional study including 2800 children from the ten-year-old follow-up of the Generation XXI birth cohort was performed. Data on food security sta...
Food insecurity is associated with an unhealthy lifestyle score in middle- and ...
Maia, I; Oliveira, A; Santos, ACThe association of food insecurity with the combined effect of lifestyles is still limited. This study evaluated the association between food insecurity and a lifestyle score in middle- and older-aged adults. A cross-sectional study (2013-2016) was performed among 595 individuals (>= 50 years) from the EPIPorto cohort (Porto, Portugal). Food security status was assessed using the US Household Food Security Surv...
Fatal Case of Progressive Mpox in a Patient with AIDS—Viral Enteropathy and Mal...
Caria, J; Vara-Luiz, F; Maia, I; Joosten, A; Val-Flores, L; Pinheiro, H; Póvoas, D; Germano, N; Maltez, FWe report a fatal case of disseminated mpox infection that progressed over more than three months in an HIV-infected patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Mucocutaneous, pleuropulmonary, central nervous system, and gastrointestinal involvement was documented. This course of disease resembles progressive vaccinia, a formerly reported disease caused by uncontrolled replication of smallpox vaccin...
Oral glucose tolerance testing at 1 h and 2 h: relationship with glucose and ca...
Guerreiro, V; Maia, I; Neves, JS; Salazar, D; Ferreira, MJ; Mendonça, F; Silva, MM; Borges-Canha, M; Viana, S; Costa, C; Pedro, J; Varela, A; Lau, EBackground: One hour plasma glucose concentration (1hPG) during an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) may be an alternative to 2-h plasma glucose concentration (2hPG) in the identification of individuals at increased risk of hyperglycaemia, although its role is not fully understood. Aim: We aim to investigate the relationship of these measures with other glucose parameters, as well as their relationship with ca...
The influence of item order of the Household Food Security Survey Module on the...
Maia, I; Severo, M; Lopes, C; Santos, ACAbstract Objective: Changes in the item order of the US Household Food Security Survey Module (USHFSSM) were performed throughout time. This study aimed to compare the psychometric properties of the general and specific factors of the 2000 and 2012 versions of the USHFSSM to measure the construct of food insecurity in two Portuguese samples of households with children. Design: Cross-sectional. Setting: Portugal...
Prevalence and determinants of children self-reports of food insecurity: eviden...
Maia, I; Santos, ACChildren’s food insecurity has been associated with adverse health outcomes. In Portugal, data on children’s reports of food insecurity, as well as its determinants, are scarce. This study assessed the prevalence and determinants of children’s food insecurity in a population-based sample of Portuguese children. A cross-sectional study based on 2895 children from the Generation XXI birth cohort was performed. Da...
Adequate magnesium level as an associated factor of pre-diabetes and diabetes m...
Guerreiro, V; Maia, I; Neves, JS; Salazar, D; Ferreira, MJ; Mendonça, F; Silva, MM; Viana, S; Costa, C; Pedro, J; Varela, A; Lau, E; Freitas, PBariatric surgery (BS) can lead to remission of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), however, the evidence on the influence of preoperative serum magnesium levels on this reversal is scarce. To study the influence of preoperative serum magnesium levels on the pre-T2DM and T2DM remission one year after BS. Retrospective study carried out among 1656 patients with obesity who underwent BS in the Centro Hospitalar Univ...
The other side of COVID-19: Preliminary results of a descriptive study on the C...
Aguiar, A; Maia, I; Duarte, R; Pinto, MNo abstract available
Secular trend in age at menarche in women in Portugal born between 1920 and 199...
Queiroga, AC; Silva, RS; Santos, AC; Maia, I; Barros, HObjectives. Worldwide data on age at menarche suggest a gradually earlier maturation, which is stabilizing in some societies. The interplay between socioeconomic, behavioral, and environmental factors generates uncertainty about the current status and future trend of age at menarche in most societies. Therefore, we aimed to describe trends in age at menarche during the 20th century in Portugal. Methods. A sampl...
Application of the mixture item response theory model to the Self-Administered ...
Maia, I; Severo, M; Santos, ACBackground The Self-Administered Food Security Survey Module for Children was developed to assess food insecurity of individual children and has not been used in Portugal. We aimed to apply the mixture item response theory model to the Self-Administered Food Security Survey Module for Children, to assess its reliability and validity, and to estimate the cut-offs of the food security status for Portuguese childr...