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Predictors of functional capacity in coronary patients
Roque, V.; Interna de Formação Específica do Serviço de Medicina Física e de Reabilitação do Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, PortugalIntroduction: Functional capacity is a major determinant of morbidity, mortality and quality of life in most cardiovascular diseases. Understanding and identifying functional capacity predictors will allow fine-tuning of strategies and components of cardiac rehabilitation programs (CRP) in order to minimize disability and enhance patients social and vocational status. We aim to identify predictors of functional...
Diet and risk of myocardial infarction. A case-control community-based study.
Lopes, C; Serviço de Higiene e Epidemiologia, Faculdade de Medicina do Porto, Hospital de S. João.; Von Hafe, P; Ramos, E; Fernando, P B; Maciel, M JTo evaluate diet as a risk factor for myocardial infarction.Community based case-control study.University Hospital, Oporto.First time consecutive cases of acute myocardial infarction (n = 100) and 198 community controls, older than 39 years and living in Oporto, were compared.Data were collected by trained interviewers using a structured questionnaire designed to obtain information on socio-demographic, medical...
The clustering of cardiovascular risk factors in the urban population of Porto.
von Hafe, P; Serviço de Medicina 3, Hospital de S. João, Porto.; Lopes, C; Maciel, M J; Barros, HThe aim of the study was to assess the total prevalence of obesity, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), hypertension, hypertriglyceridemia, hypercholesterolemia and central fat distribution, in a population-based survey. Two-hundred and ten individuals from the community were selected by random digit dialing. Obesity was defined as a body mass index > or = 25 kg/m2, central distribution of fat if t...
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