Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate iodine intake in portuguese school children in order to inform health authorities of eventual measures to be implemented. Introduction: Iodine is the key element for thyroid hormone synthesis and its deficiency even mild, as found in other European countries, may have deleterious effects in pregnancy resulting in cognitive problems of offsprings. In Portug...
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus affects an increasing number of people throughout the world. Several studies have shown that it is possible to prevent and minimize type 2 diabetes complications, be it treated appropriately over time. This study aimed to determine the quality of care provided to type 2 diabetic patients in our institution, through metabolic control and risk factors evaluation. Subjects and methods: We ...
We designed a study to assess the prevalence of type 1 diabetes mellitus among the Portuguese population. The study was based on a cohort of young Portuguese men inspected at the different recruitment Centres of the Portuguese Armed Forces in 1995 and 1999. We found a prevalence of 1.28 and 1.58 cases per 1,000 young men aged 20 (median), in 1995 and 1999, respectively. As far as the geographical distribution o...
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