Encontrados 6 documentos, a visualizar página 1 de 1
Impact of academic exposure on health status of university students
Brandão,Maria Piedade; Pimentel,Francisco Luís; Cardoso,Margarida FonsecaOBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of academic life on health status of university students. METHODS: Longitudinal study including 154 undergraduate students from the Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal, with at least two years of follow-up observations. Sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics were collected using questionnaires. Students' weight, height, blood pressure, serum glucose, serum lipids and serum ...
Serum Homocysteine concentrations in Portuguese young adults: reference interval
Brandao, Maria Piedade; Pimentel, Francisco Luis; Cardoso, Margarida FonsecaIntroduction and objectives: Hyperhomocysteinemia has been shown to be an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Assessing the reference intervals for homocysteine among young adults is a critical step in the process of preventing cardiovascular diseases later in life. This study aimed to identify reference intervals for total serum homocysteine concentration in young adults. Methods: The sample wa...
Impact of academic exposure on health status of university students
Brandao, Maria Piedade; Pimentel, Francisco Luis; Cardoso, Margarida FonsecaOBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of academic life on health status of university students. METHODS: Longitudinal study including 154 undergraduate students from the Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal, with at least two years of follow-up observations. Sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics were collected using questionnaires. Students' weight, height, blood pressure, serum glucose, serum lipids and serum ...
Hepatitis B genotype distribution in Portugal and worldwide.
Mota, Ana; Areias, Jorge; Cardoso, Margarida FonsecaInfection with Hepatitis B is a public health problem worldwide. In Portugal, around 1% of the population is chronically infected. Some genotypes are only predominant in some geographical regions; however migration around the world can lead to the dissemination of the different genotypes. The heterogeneity of hepatitis B genotypes seems to be related to differences in clinical evolution of the infection and res...
Perfil epidemiológico e genotípico da infecção pelo vírus da hepatite B no Nort...
Mota,Ana; Guedes,Fátima; Areias,Jorge; Pinho,Luciana; Cardoso,Margarida FonsecaOBJECTIVO: Descrever o perfil epidemiológico e genotípico da infecção crônica pelo vírus da hepatite B na Região Norte de Portugal. MÉTODOS: Foram incluídos 358 indivíduos oriundos das consultas de especialidade que apresentavam resultados positivos para o antígeno da hepatite B durante pelo menos seis meses em dois hospitais do Norte de Portugal em 2008 e 2009. Os dados foram obtidos a partir dos processos clí...
Risk factors for cardiovascular disease in a Portuguese university population
Brandao, Maria Piedade; Pimentel, Francisco Luis; Silva, Carolina C; Cardoso, Margarida FonsecaTo characterize the distribution of risk factors for cardiovascular disease among university students, through calculating the prevalence of hypercholesterolemia, hyperhomocysteinemia, hyperglycemia, hypertension, overweight, and sedentarism, as well as nutrient intake. Cross-sectional study in a random stratified sample of 378 students from Aveiro University in the 2005/2006 academic year. Lifestyle questionna...
| Financiadores do RCAAP | |||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||