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Barthel’s Index: A Better Predictor for COVID-19 Mortality Than Comorbidities
da Costa, JC; Manso, MC; Gregório, S; Leite, M; Pinto, JMBackground The most consistently identified mortality determinants for the new coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) infection are aging, male sex, cardiovascular/respiratory diseases, and cancer. They were determined from heterogeneous cohorts that included patients with different disease severity and previous conditions. The main goal of this study was to determine if activities of daily living (ADL) dependence measure...
Dietary Patterns and Oral Health Behaviours Associated with Caries Development ...
Carvalho Silva, C; Gavinha, S; Vilela, S; Rodrigues, R; Manso, MC; Severo, M; Lopes, C; Melo, PThe association between modifiable risk factors and caries in children has been documented; however, most studies have been cross-sectional and have not considered the complexity of dietary factors and oral health habits. This study aimed to investigate the prospective association between dietary patterns and oral health behaviours at 4 years of age and the development of new decayed, missing, and filled teeth ...
Dna-based detection of mycobacterium avium subsp. Paratuberculosis in domestic ...
Sousa, T; Costa, M; Sarmento, P; Manso, MC; Abreu, C; Bull, TJ; Cabeda, J; Sarmento, AMycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) may play a role in the pathology of human inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Previously, we found a high frequency (98% in patients with active disease) of MAP DNA detection in the blood of Portuguese Crohn s Disease patients, suggesting this cohort has high exposure to MAP organisms. Water is an important route for MAP dissemination, in this study we therefore a...
Serum Levels of Vitamin D and Dental Caries in 7-Year-Old Children in Porto Met...
Carvalho Silva, C; Gavinha, S; Manso, MC; Rodrigues, R; Martins, S; Guimarães, JT; Santos, AC; Melo, PVitamin D deficiency has been associated with significant changes in dental structures. In children, it can induce enamel and dentin defects, which have been identified as risk factors for caries. This study aimed to assess the association between low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH) D) levels (<30 ng/mL) and the prevalence of caries in the permanent teeth and mixed dentition of 7-year-old children. A sample o...
Dental tooth decay profile in an institutionalized elder population of Northern...
Gavinha, S; Melo, P; Costa, L; Manarte-Monteiro, P; Manso, MCObjectives: the purpose of this study was to assess the dental tooth decay profile of an elderly population from Northern Portugal. Material and Methods: this is a descriptive, cross-sectional study where a questionnaire, intended to assess the institutionalized elders oral health condition, was applied with the purpose of quantifying certain oral conditions. Tooth decay was assessed using the DMFT Index for th...
Prevalence of Microalbuminuria in Hypertensive Patients With or Without Type 2 ...
Marques da Silva, P; Carvalho, D; Nazaré, J; Martins, L; Aguiar, C; Manso, MC; Carqueja, T; Polónia, JIntrodução e objetivos: Determinar a prevalência de microalbuminúria (MAU) em doentes hipertensos (HTA) e/ou diabéticos tipo 2 (DM2) e em normotensos não diabéticos (grupo controlo). Como objetivos secundários, analisar as diferenças de distribuição da MAU nas quatro subpopulações e observar a associação de variáveis clínicas e epidemiológicas diversas com a MAU. Métodos: O RACE (micRoAlbuminsCreeningsurvEy) é ...