It is relevant to unravel the factors that may mediate the cognitive decline observed during aging. Previous reports indicate that education has a positive influence on cognitive performance, while age, female gender and, especially, depressed mood were associated with poorer performances across multiple cognitive dimensions (memory and general executive function). Herein, the present study aimed to characteriz...
To evaluate whether the use of real time viewer (RTV) and administration of domperidone to patients with delayed gastric passage of the capsule could reduce the rate of incomplete examinations (IE) and improve the diagnostic yield of small bowel capsule endoscopy (SBCE). METHODS: Prospective single center interventional study, from June 2012 to February 2013. Capsule location was systematically checked one h...
In press ; Population studies are often characterized by a plethora of data that includes quantitative to qualitative variables. The main focus of this study was to illustrate the applicability of multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) in detecting and representing underlying structures in large datasets used to investigate cognitive ageing. Principal component analysis (PCA) was used to obtain main cognitive ...
Tese de doutoramento em Ciências da Saúde (ramo do conhecimento em Medicina Clínica) ; Efectuou-se um estudo observacional numa Consulta Hospitalar de Hipertensão Arterial e Risco Cardiovascular num hospital do Norte de Portugal, tendo como objectivos a avaliação da distribuição da taxa de excreção de albumina nessa população; a análise do valor discriminativo da taxa de excreção de albumina no que respeita à ...
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