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Amino terminal B-type natriuretic peptide, renal function, and prognosis in acute heart failure: a hospital cohort study

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An epidemiological study of stroke hospitalizations in Maputo, Mozambique: a high burden of disease in a resource-poor country

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B-type natriuretic peptide is related to left ventricular mass in hypertensive patients but not in athletes

scientific article published in January 2002

BNP at discharge in acute heart failure patients: is it all about volemia? A study using impedance cardiography to assess fluid and hemodynamic status

scientific article published on 3 September 2009

Body mass index and waist circumference in Mozambique: urban/rural gap during epidemiological transition

scientific article published on September 2010

C-Reactive Protein Is an Intermediate Step Between Obesity and Hypertension

article by Ana Azevedo & Henrique Barros published 24 July 2006 in JAMA Internal Medicine

Caffeine intake is associated with a lower risk of cognitive decline: a cohort study from Portugal

scientific article published in January 2010

Cardiovascular risk in Mozambique: who should be treated for hypertension?

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Cardiovascular risk profile of mothers of a Portuguese birth cohort: A survey 4years after delivery ⬇️

scientific article published on July 9, 2013

Changing patterns of cardiovascular diseases and cancer mortality in Portugal, 1980-2010.

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Changing patterns of tobacco consumption in Mozambique: evidence from a migrant study

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Childhood Obesity and Impact on the Kidney

scientific article published on 25 October 2018

Cholesterol — A marker of nutritional status in mild to moderate heart failure

scientific article published on 23 July 2007

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in heart failure. Prevalence, therapeutic and prognostic implications

scientific article published in March 2008

Clinical syndrome suggestive of heart failure is frequently attributable to non-cardiac disorders--population-based study

scientific article published on 14 December 2006

Coexisting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart failure: implications for treatment, course and mortality

scientific article published on March 2010

Coffee and myocardial infarction: heterogeneity of an association in Portuguese men.

scientific article published in April 2006

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the health literacy assessment tool METER in the Portuguese adult population

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Decreased renal function in overweight and obese prepubertal children

scientific article published on 7 July 2015

Depressive Symptoms and Heart Failure Stages

scientific article published in January 2008

Determinants and outcomes of atrial fibrillation complicating myocardial infarction: the EURHOBOP study in Portugal

scientific article published on 13 August 2014

Determinants of early case-fatality among stroke patients in Maputo, Mozambique and impact of in-hospital complications

scientific article published on 20 January 2013

Diabetes in Mozambique: prevalence, management and healthcare challenges

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Diagnostic value of patterns of symptoms and signs of heart failure: application of latent class analysis with concomitant variables in a cross-sectional study ⬇️

scientific article published on November 12, 2012

Diastolic dysfunction in the diabetic continuum: association with insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes.

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Differences in prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension between developing and developed countries

scientific article published on May 2009

Direct, inflammation-mediated and blood-pressure-mediated effects of total and abdominal adiposity on diastolic function: EPIPorto study

scientific article published on May 2015

Early prediction of treatment failure in severe community-acquired pneumonia: The PRoFeSs score

scientific article published on 31 May 2019

Effect of a heart failure clinic on survival and hospital readmission in patients discharged from acute hospital care

scientific article published in June 2002

Effect of saline load and metoclopramide on the renal dopaminergic system in patients with heart failure and healthy controls.

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Effect of the type of population on estimates of mean body mass index and prevalence of overweight and obesity: A systematic review of studies of Portuguese adults ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2012

Electronic Medical Record-Based Predictive Model for Acute Kidney Injury in an Acute Care Hospital

scientific article published on January 2016

Epidemiology of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Nasal Colonization Among Patients and Healthcare Workers in a Portuguese Hospital: A Pre-intervention Study Toward the Control of MRSA

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Gender and obesity modify the impact of salt intake on blood pressure in children

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Gender differences in heart failure

scientific article published on 01 March 2008

Haemolytic anaemia secondary to arsenic poisoning: a case report

scientific article published on 11 August 2009

Handgrip Strength at Admission and Time to Discharge in Medical and Surgical Inpatients

scientific article published on 22 April 2013

Health-related quality of life and stages of heart failure

scientific article published on 8 November 2007

Higher BMI in heart failure patients is associated with longer survival only in the absence of diabetes

scientific article published on 01 August 2015

Higher C-Reactive Protein Predicts Worse Prognosis in Acute Heart Failure Only in Noninfected Patients

scientific article published on 01 November 2010

Hypercholesterolemia, eligibility for lipid-lowering therapy and therapeutic success: population-based study in a Portuguese urban population

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Hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control in mozambique: urban/rural gap during epidemiological transition

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Impact of breast cancer treatments on sleep disturbances - A systematic review

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Impact of risk factors for non-fatal acute myocardial infarction.

scientific article published on 4 June 2009

Impact of risk factors on hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, in primiparae and multiparae ⬇️

scientific article published on May 17, 2013

Incidence of hypertension in a prospective cohort study of adults from Porto, Portugal

scientific article published on 28 November 2012

Increasing number of components of the metabolic syndrome and cardiac structural and functional abnormalities--cross-sectional study of the general population

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Indirect calibration between clinical observers - application to the New York Heart Association functional classification system ⬇️

scientific article published on August 3, 2011

Individual and contextual characteristics as determinants of sagittal standing posture: a population-based study of adults

scientific article published on 31 January 2014

Inequalities in access to cardiac rehabilitation after an acute coronary syndrome: the EPiHeart cohort

scientific article published on 3 January 2018

Influence of socioeconomic status on therapy and prognosis after an acute heart failure episode ⬇️

scientific article published on August 12, 2013

Intake and Adipose Tissue Composition of Fatty Acids and Risk of Myocardial Infarction in a Male Portuguese Community Sample

scientific article published in February 2007

Intraindividual variation of amino-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide levels in patients with stable heart failure

scientific article published on 15 September 2006

Limited Health Literacy in Portugal Assessed with the Newest Vital Sign

scientific article published on 29 December 2017

Long-term stability of endogenous B-type natriuretic peptide after storage at -20 degrees C or -80 degrees C.

scientific article published in January 2008

Long-term stability of endogenous B-type natriuretic peptide during storage at -20 degrees C for later measurement with Biosite Triage assay

scientific article published on 20 July 2007

Manufactured and hand-rolled cigarettes and smokeless tobacco consumption in Mozambique: regional differences at early stages of the tobacco epidemic

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Medical record review to recover missing data in a Portuguese birth cohort: agreement with self-reported data collected by questionnaire and inter-rater variability

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Medication adherence to specific drug classes in chronic heart failure

scientific article published on 01 October 2014

Model-based patterns of cardiovascular risk factors in Mozambique

scientific article published on 10 July 2014

N-terminal-pro-brain natriuretic peptide predicts outcome after hospital discharge in heart failure patients.

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Natriuretic peptide system is not exhausted in severe heart failure.

scientific article published in January 2009

News from the IEA European Epidemiology Federation

Normalization of glomerular filtration rate in obese children

scientific article published on 23 March 2016

Obesity-related knowledge and body mass index: a national survey in Portugal

scientific article published on 20 September 2019

On the causal paths underlying the relation between atmospheric temperature and acute stroke

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On the comparability of population-based and hospital-based case-control studies

scientific article published on 03 August 2009

Oxidative stress and nitric oxide are increased in obese children and correlate with cardiometabolic risk and renal function.

scientific article published on 2 August 2016

Population based study on the prevalence of the stages of heart failure

scientific article published on August 2006

Population-based study on the prevalence of spirometric obstructive pattern in Porto, Portugal

scientific article published on 27 January 2011

Portuguese migrants in Switzerland: healthcare and health status compared to Portuguese residents

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Preliminary data on the potential usefulness of B-type natriuretic peptide levels in predicting outcome after hospital discharge in patients with heart failure

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Prevalence of self-reported cardiovascular risk factors in Portuguese women: a survey after delivery ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 2012

Prognosis of decompensated heart failure patients with preserved systolic function is predicted by NT-proBNP variations during hospitalization

scientific article published on 14 July 2006

Prognostic Implications of Diuretic Dose in Chronic Heart Failure

scientific article published on 18 February 2011

Prognostic information provided by serial measurements of brain natriuretic peptide in heart failure

scientific article published in January 2004

Prognostic value of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in heart failure: a systematic review.

scientific article published on 27 December 2008

Prognostic value of sST2 added to BNP in acute heart failure with preserved or reduced ejection fraction.

scientific article published on 14 January 2015

Prognostic value of worsening renal function in outpatients with chronic heart failure

scientific article published on 27 June 2014

Psychiatric presentation of Hashimoto's encephalopathy.

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Quality of health information on acute myocardial infarction and stroke in the world wide web

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Regional variation in coronary heart disease mortality trends in Portugal, 1981-2012.

scientific article published on 16 September 2016

Risk factors for cardiovascular disease among the homeless and in the general population of the city of Porto, Portugal

scientific article published on August 2012

Safety of spironolactone use in ambulatory heart failure patients

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Sagittal standing posture, back pain, and quality of life among adults from the general population: a sex-specific association

scientific article published in June 2014

Self-reported data on reproductive variables were reliable among postmenopausal women

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Sensitivity is not an intrinsic property of a diagnostic test: empirical evidence from histological diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection

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Sex-related inequalities in management of patients with acute coronary syndrome-results from the EURHOBOP study

scientific article published on 22 December 2017

Social trajectory and body image satisfaction in childbearing women

scientific article published in June 2015

Sociodemographic determinants of prevalence and incidence of Helicobacter pylori infection in Portuguese adults

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Socioeconomic Inequalities in the Prevalence of Nine Established Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Southern European Population ⬇️

scientific article published on May 29, 2012

Spironolactone therapy in heart failure patients with chronic kidney disease

scientific article published in October 2009

Stress and burnout among Portuguese anaesthesiologists

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The cyclic guanosine monophosphate/B-type natriuretic peptide ratio and mortality in advanced heart failure

scientific article published on February 2009

The effect of season and temperature variation on hospital admissions for incident stroke events in Maputo, Mozambique

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The use of reperfusion and revascularization procedures in acute coronary syndrome in Portugal: a systematic review

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Trends in hypertension prevalence (1990-2005) and mean blood pressure (1975-2005) in Portugal: a systematic review

scientific article published on 27 March 2012

Trends in prevalence of diabetes mellitus and mean fasting glucose in Portugal (1987-2009): a systematic review

scientific article published on 20 February 2014

Trends in the prevalence of smoking in Portugal: a systematic review ⬇️

scientific article published on November 8, 2012

Trends of BMI and prevalence of overweight and obesity in Portugal (1995–2005): a systematic review ⬇️

scientific article published on February 28, 2012

Triggering of stroke by ambient temperature variation: a case-crossover study in Maputo, Mozambique

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Urinary fibrogenic cytokines ET-1 and TGF-β1 are associated with urinary angiotensinogen levels in obese children

scientific article published on 19 October 2015

Use of generic and essential medicines for prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases in Portugal

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Use of medicines by homeless people in Porto, Portugal

scientific article published on January 2014

Validation of the Short Assessment of Health Literacy in Portuguese-speaking Adults in Portugal

scientific article published on 31 May 2019

Validity of the Seattle Heart Failure Model for prognosis in a population at low coronary heart disease risk

scientific article published on 01 September 2016

Variability of High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein in Chronic Heart Failure

scientific article published on 09 January 2009

Wet BNP, fluid and hemodynamic status at discharge in acute heart failure — Reply

Women’s Satisfaction with Body Image before Pregnancy and Body Mass Index 4 Years after Delivery in the Mothers of Generation XXI ⬇️

scientific article published on July 31, 2013

Worldwide patterns of ischemic heart disease mortality from 1980 to 2010.

scientific article published on 13 November 2013

Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

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