Denise P Gigante
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    Oliveira I, Mintem G, Oliveira P, Freitas D, Brum C, Wehrmeister F, et al.
  
  
    Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis
    . 2020 Jun;
          30(8):1289-1298.
    
    PMID: 32576415
  
  
          Background And Aims: Uric acid, the end-product of human purine metabolism, is associated with hypertension, diabetes and obesity. It has also been independently associated with the onset of chronic kidney...
      
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    Calthorpe L, Gigante D, Horta B, Ong K
  
  
    Ann Hum Biol
    . 2020 Feb;
          47(1):18-24.
    
    PMID: 32028806
  
  
           Earlier age at menarche (AAM), a marker of puberty timing in females, has been associated with a higher likelihood of adolescent risk-taking behaviours and variably associated with educational attainment. To...
      
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    Vianna C, Horta B, Gonzalez M, Franca G, Gigante D, Barros F
  
  
    Nutrition
    . 2019 Jan;
          61:38-42.
    
    PMID: 30684850
  
  
          Objectives: Pulse wave velocity (PWV) is an early marker of arterial stiffness and a strong predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Body fat measures, such as body mass index (BMI), waist...
      
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    Andrade R, Gigante D, de Oliveira I, Horta B
  
  
    BMC Endocr Disord
    . 2018 Nov;
          18(1):80.
    
    PMID: 30400868
  
  
          Background: Proinsulin connecting peptide (C-Peptide) is a marker of the beta-cell function and has been considered a marker of insulin resistance whose evidence suggests were associated with cardiovascular mortality. Our...
      
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    Surkan P, Sakyi K, Hu A, Olinto M, Goncalves H, Horta B, et al.
  
  
    Rev Saude Publica
    . 2018 May;
          52:61.
    
    PMID: 29791680
  
  
          Objective: To investigate how stressful life events and social support relate to central adiposity in Southern Brazil. Methods: Data included information from 802 participants in the 1982 Pelotas Birth Cohort...
      
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    De Lucia Rolfe E, Araujo de Franca G, Vianna C, Gigante D, Miranda J, Yudkin J, et al.
  
  
    PLoS One
    . 2018 Apr;
          13(4):e0192196.
    
    PMID: 29641597
  
  
          Early life stunting may have long-term effects on body composition, resulting in obesity-related comorbidities. We tested the hypothesis that individuals stunted in early childhood may be at higher cardiometabolic risk...
      
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    Oliveira P, Wehrmeister F, Horta B, Perez-Padilla R, Araujo de Franca G, Gigante D, et al.
  
  
    BMC Pulm Med
    . 2017 Nov;
          17(1):157.
    
    PMID: 29179743
  
  
          Background: Several studies have verified body fat distribution in association with pulmonary function (PF), mainly waist circumference, but few have used measures able to distinguish abdominal fat compartments. The present...
      
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    Schuch H, Peres K, Demarco F, Horta B, Gigante D, Peres M, et al.
  
  
    J Clin Periodontol
    . 2017 Nov;
          45(4):394-403.
    
    PMID: 29178171
  
  
          Aims: To quantify the impact of life course income trajectories on periodontitis in adulthood. Materials And Methods: Data from the 1982 Pelotas Birth Cohort Study, Brazil, were used. Information on...
      
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    Nascimento G, Peres M, Mittinty M, Peres K, Do L, Horta B, et al.
  
  
    Am J Epidemiol
    . 2017 Feb;
          185(6):442-451.
    
    PMID: 28174825
  
  
          We aimed to estimate hypothetical effects of habits (smoking, alcohol consumption, and fat and carbohydrates consumption) combined with diet-induced overweight/obesity on the risk of periodontitis. The risk of any periodontitis,...
      
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    Horta B, Victora C, Loret de Mola C, Quevedo L, Pinheiro R, Gigante D, et al.
  
  
    J Pediatr
    . 2017 Jan;
          182:85-91.e3.
    
    PMID: 28063689
  
  
          Objective: To assess the associations of birthweight, nutritional status and growth in childhood with IQ, years of schooling, and monthly income at 30 years of age. Study Design: In 1982,...