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Comparison between CDC and WHO BMI z-score and their relation with metabolic ri...
Nascimento, H; Catarino, C; Mendonça, D; Oliveira, P; Alves, A; Medeiros, A; Rocha-Pereira, P; Rêgo, C; Mansilha, H; Aires, L.; Mota, J.Growth-curves are an important tool for evaluating the anthropometric development in pediatrics. The different growth-curves available are based in different populations, what leads to different cut-offs. Pediatric obesity tracks into adulthood and is associated with increased cardiovascular risk. The accurate assessment of a child nutritional status using growth-curves can indicate individuals that are either ...
Punctate Inner Choroidopathy
Sá-Cardoso, M; Dias-Santos, A; Nogueira, N; Nascimento, H; Belfort-Mattos, RPurpose. To report a case of bilateral punctate inner choroidopathy (PIC). Case Report. A 26-year-old Caucasian woman presented with bilateral blurred vision with one year of evolution. There was no relevant systemic disease or family history. Best-corrected visual acuity in the right eye was 20/30 and in the left eye was 20/20; there was no clinically significant refractive error. Fundoscopy evidenced multiple...
Body Fat Percentage Is a Major Determinant of Total Bilirubin Independently of ...
Belo, L; Nascimento, H; Kohlova, M; Bronze-da-Rocha, E; Fernandes, J; Costa, E; Catarino, C; Aires, L; Mansilha, HF; Rocha-Pereira, P; Quintanilha, AOBJECTIVES: Bilirubin has potential antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. The UGT1A1*28 polymorphism (TA repeats in the promoter region) is a major determinant of bilirubin levels and recent evidence suggests that raised adiposity may also be a contributing factor. We aimed to study the interaction between UGT1A1 polymorphism, hematological and anthropometric variables with total bilirubin levels in you...
Risk Factors for Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients: Two-Year Follow-Up Study
Sameiro Faria, M; Ribeiro, S; Costa, E; Mendonça, D; Teixeira, L; Rocha-Pereira, P; Fernandes, J; Nascimento, H; Kohlova, M; Reis, F; Amado, LBackground. End-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients under hemodialysis (HD) have high mortality rate. Inflammation, dyslipidemia, disturbances in erythropoiesis, iron metabolism, endothelial function, and nutritional status have been reported in these patients. Our aim was to identify any significant association of death with these disturbances, by performing a two-year follow-up study. Methods and Results. A l...
Adiponectin is an independent predictor of tissue plasminogen activator levels ...
Do Sameiro Faria, M; Ribeiro, S; Nascimento, H; Rocha-Pereira, P; Miranda, V; Mendonça, D; Quintanilha, A; Costa, E; Belo, L; Santos-Silva, AObjective. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) levels with clinical data of patients under haemodialysis (HD) and with several variables potentially related to endothelial function and dysfunction. Material and methods. In a cross-sectional study involving 189 Portuguese HD patients, circulating levels of t-PA, lipids, oxidized low-density lipoprotei...
Oxidized low-density lipoprotein and lipoprotein(a) levels in chronic kidney di...
Ribeiro, S; Faria, MDS; Silva, G; Nascimento, H; Rocha-Pereira, P; Miranda, V; Vieira, E; Santos, R; Mendonça, D; Quintanilha, A; Costa, E; Belo, LChronic kidney disease (CKD) has been associated with an abnormal lipid profile. Our aim was to study the interplay between oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL), adiponectin, and blood lipids and lipoproteins in Portuguese patients with CKD under hemodialysis (HD); the influence of the pentanucleotide repeat polymorphism in the apolipoprotein(a) (apo [a]) gene upon lipoprotein(a) (Lp[a]) levels in these pa...