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  • Smoking and infertility: multivariable regression and Mendelian randomization analyses in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study 

    Hernáez, Álvaro; Wootton, Robyn E.; Page, Christian Magnus; Skåra, Karoline Hansen; Fraser, Abigail; Rogne, Tormod; Magnus, Per; Njølstad, Pål R.; Andreassen, Ole A.; Burgess, Stephen; Lawlor, Deborah A.; Magnus, Maria Christine (Fertility and Sterility, 2022, 118(1): 180-190, 2022-07)
    Objective To investigate the association between smoking and infertility. Design Prospective study. Setting Nationwide cohort. Patients 28,606 women and 27,096 men with questionnaire and genotype ...
  • Risk of cardiovascular disease in women and men with subfertility: the Trøndelag Health Study 

    Skåra, Karoline Hansen; Asvold, Bjørn O.; Hernáez, Álvaro; Fraser, Abigail; Rich-Edwards, Janet; Farland, Leslie; Næss, Øyvind; Lawlor, Deborah A.; Brumpton, Ben; Magnus, Maria Christine (Fertility and Sterility, 2022, 118(3): 537-547, 2022-07)
    Objective: To investigate the association between subfertility and risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes. Design: Prospective study. Setting: Population-based cohort. Patient(s): We studied ...
  • Mediterranean diet, energy restriction, physical activity, and atherogenicity of very-low density lipoproteins: findings from two randomized controlled trials 

    Pérez-Vega, Karla Alejandra; Castañer, Olga; Sanllorente Melenchon, Albert; Lassale, Camille; Ros, Emilio; Pintó Sala, Xavier; Estruch Riba, Ramon; Salas Salvadó, Jordi; Corella Piquer, Dolores; Alonso Gómez, Ángel M.; Serra Majem, Lluís; Razquin, Cristina; Fiol, Miquel; Lapetra, José; Gómez-Gracia, Enrique; Tinahones Madueño, Francisco J.; Hernáez, Álvaro; Fitó Colomer, Montserrat (Molecular Nutrition and Food Research, 2023, 67(1): 2200338, 2023-01)
    Scope: Some very-low density lipoprotein (VLDL) properties may render themmore pro-atherogenic. We aimed to assess whether a Mediterranean diet(MedDiet) or an energy-reduced MedDiet with increased ...
  • Yearly attained adherence to Mediterranean diet and incidence of diabetes in a large randomized trial 

    Martínez-González, Miguel Ángel; Montero, Pedro; Ruiz-Canela, Miguel; Toledo, Estefanía; Estruch Riba, Ramon; Gómez-Gracia, Enrique; Li, Jun; Ros, Emilio; Arós, Fernando; Hernáez, Álvaro; Corella Piquer, Dolores; Fiol, Miquel; Lapetra, José; Serra Majem, Lluís; Pintó Sala, Xavier; Cofán Pujol, Montserrat; Sorlí, José V.; Babio, Nancy; Márquez-Sandoval, Yolanda F.; Castañer, Olga; Salas Salvadó, Jordi (Cardiovascular Diabetology, 2023, 22: 262, 2023-09)
    Background Several large observational prospective studies have reported a protection by the traditional Mediterranean diet against type 2 diabetes, but none of them used yearly repeated measures of ...
  • Impaired glucose tolerance and cardiovascular risk factors in relation to infertility: a Mendelian randomization analysis in the Norwegian Mother, Father, and Child Cohort Study 

    Hernáez, Álvaro; Lee, Yunsung; Page, Christian Magnus; Skåra, Karoline Hansen; Håberg, Siri Eldevik; Magnus, Per; Njølstad, Pål R.; Andreassen, Ole A.; Corfield, Elizabeth C.; Havdahl, Alexandra; Fraser, Abigail; Burgess, Stephen; Lawlor, Deborah A.; Magnus, Maria Christine (Human Reproduction, 2024, 39(2), 436-441, 2023-11)
    STUDY QUESTION Are impaired glucose tolerance (as measured by fasting glucose, glycated hemoglobin, and fasting insulin) and cardiovascular disease risk (as measured by low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, ...
  • Cardiovascular disease risk factors and infertility: multivariable analyses and one-sample Mendelian randomization analyses in the Trøndelag Health Study 

    Skåra, Karoline Hansen; Hernáez, Álvaro; Næss, Øyvind; Fraser, Abigail; Lawlor, Deborah A.; Burgess, Stephen; Brumpton, Ben; Magnus, Maria Christine (Human Reproduction Open, 2024, 2024 (3), hoae033, 2024-05)
    STUDY QUESTION Are cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors causally associated with higher risk of infertility among women and men? SUMMARY ANSWER We found evidence to support a causal relationship ...
  • Placental efflux transporters and antiseizure or antidepressant medication use impact birth weight in MoBa cohort 

    Hernández Hernández, Marta; Cohen, Jacqueline M.; Skåra, Karoline Hansen; Grindstad, Thea; Lee, Yunsung; Magnus, Per; Njølstad, Pål R.; Andreassen, Ole A.; Corfield, Elizabeth C.; Havdahl, Alexandra; Molden, Espen; Furu, Kari; Magnus, Maria Christine; Hernáez, Álvaro (iScience, 2024, 27(3): 109285, 2024-03)
    Low birth weight raises neonatal risks and lifelong health issues and is linked to maternal medication use during pregnancy. We examined data from the Norwegian Mother, Father, and Child Cohort Study ...
  • Parental infertility and offspring cardiometabolic trajectories: a pooled analysis of three European cohorts 

    Hernáez, Álvaro; ElHakeem, Ahmed; Barros, Henrique; Vrijkotte, Tanja; Fraser, Abigail; Lawlor, Deborah A.; Magnus, Maria Christine (Fertility and Sterility, 2024, 121(5): 853-863, 2024-05)
    Objective To assess whether parental infertility is associated with differences in cardiometabolic trajectories in offspring. Design Pooled observational analysis in three prospective cohorts. Set ...
  • Increased consumption of virgin olive oil, nuts, legumes, whole grains, and fish promotes HDL functions in humans 

    Hernáez, Álvaro; Sanllorente Melenchon, Albert; Castañer, Olga; Martínez-González, Miguel Ángel; Ros, Emilio; Pintó Sala, Xavier; Estruch Riba, Ramon; Salas Salvadó, Jordi; Corella Piquer, Dolores; Alonso Gómez, Ángel M.; Serra Majem, Lluís; Fiol, Miquel; Lapetra, José; Gómez-Gracia, Enrique; de la Torre, Rafael; Lamuela Raventós, Rosa Ma.; Fitó Colomer, Montserrat (Molecular nutrition and food research, 2019, 63(6): 1800847, 2019-01)
    Scope To evaluate whether increases in the consumption of cardioprotective food groups (virgin olive oil, nuts, fruits/vegetables, legumes, whole grains, fish, and wine) are associated with improvements ...
  • Mediterranean diet and antihypertensive drug use: a randomized controlled trial 

    Ribó-Coll, Margarita; Lassale, Camille; Sacanella Meseguer, Emilio; Ros, Emilio; Toledo, Estefanía; Sorlí, José V.; Babio, Nancy; Lapetra, José; Gómez-Gracia, Enrique; Alonso Gómez, Ángel M.; Fiol, Miquel; Serra Majem, Lluís; Pintó Sala, Xavier; Castañer, Olga; Díez Espino, Javier; González, José I.; Becerra-Tomás, Nerea; Cofán Pujol, Montserrat; Díaz López, Andrés; Estruch Riba, Ramon; Hernáez, Álvaro (Journal of hypertension, 2021, 39(6): 1230-1237, 2021-06)
    Objective: To examine in older individuals at high cardiovascular risk whether following a Mediterranean diet decreased the necessity of antihypertensive drugs and modulated their associated cardiovascular ...
  • Exceso de peso en España: situación actual, proyecciones para 2030 y sobrecoste directo estimado para el Sistema Nacional de Salud 

    Hernáez, Álvaro; Zomeño, Dolors; Degano, Irene R.; Pérez Fernández, Sílvia; Goday, Alberto; Vila, Joan; Civeira, Fernando; Moure, Ricardo; Marrugat, Jaume (Revista española de cardiología, 2019, 72(11): 916-924, 2019-11)
    Introducción y objetivos El exceso de peso potencia algunas enfermedades crónicas y reduce la calidad de vida, y su prevalencia crece en todo el mundo. El objetivo es estimar la evolución del exceso ...
  • Association of physical activity with high-density lipoprotein functionality in a population-based cohort: the REGICOR study 

    Viadas, Raúl; Toloba, Andrea; Fernández, Isabel; Sayols Baixeras, Sergi; Hernáez, Álvaro; Schroeder, Helmut; Degano, Irene R.; Lassale, Camille; Marrugat, Jaume; Elosua Llanos, Roberto (Revista española de cardiología, 2023, 76(2): 86-93, 2023-02)
    Introduction and objectives To determine the dose-response association between current and past leisure-time physical activity (LTPA), total and at different intensities, and high-density lipoprotein ...
  • Anti‐vascular endothelial growth factor for proliferative diabetic retinopathy 

    Martínez Zapata, Mª José; Salvador, Ignacio; Martí Carvajal, Arturo José; Pijoán, José I.; Cordero Rigol, José Antonio; Ponomarev, Dmitry; Kernohan, Ashleigh; Solà, Ivan; Virgili, Gianni (Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2023, núm. 3, Art. No.: CD008721, 2023-03)
    BackgroundProliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) is an advanced complication of diabetic retinopathy that can cause blindness. It consists of thepresence of new vessels in the retina and vitreous ...
  • Neighbourhood social capital and obesity: a systematic review of the literature 

    Carrillo Álvarez, Elena; Kawachi, Ichirō; Riera Romaní, Jordi (Obesity Reviews, 2019, 20(1): 119-141, 2018-12)
    Social capital, defined as the resources accessed by individuals and groups through social connections, has been posited to be a social determinant of obesity. However, empirical evidence for this ...
  • Social influences on adolescents’ dietary behavior in Catalonia, Spain: A qualitative multiple-cases study from the perspective of social capital 

    Carrillo Alvarez, Elena; Riera Romaní, Jordi; Canet Vélez, Olga (Appetite, 2018, 123: 289-298, 2018-01)
    Adolescence has been referred to as the last best chance to prevent adult non-communicable diseases. Gaining further evidence on the psychosocial determinants of health behaviors, particularly the impact ...
  • Optimizing sustainable, affordable and healthy diets and estimating the impact of plant-based substitutes to milk and meat: A case study in Spain 

    Muñoz-Martínez, Júlia; Abejón Elías, Ricardo; Batlle-Bayer, Laura; Cussó Parcerisas, Irene; Carrillo Álvarez, Elena (Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023, 424: 138775, 2023-09)
    The global food system is failing to appropriately nourish the population and has been identified as a driving force for environmental degradation. Changing current diets to healthier and more sustainable ...
  • A comparison of European countries FBDG in the light of their contribution to tackle diet-related health inequalities 

    Carrillo Álvarez, Elena; Boeckx, Hilde; Penne, Tess; Palma-Linares, Imma; Storms, Bérénice; Goedemé, Tim (European Journal of Public Health, 2020, 30(2): 346-353, 2019-08)
    Background: The purpose of this article is to report on a comparative analysis of the official food-based dietary guidelines (FBDG) that were applicable in 2015 in 25 EU Member States. We assess FBDG ...
  • First alongside midwifery led unit in a high complexity public hospital in Spain: maternal and neonatal outcomes 

    Alcaraz-Vidal, Lucia; Velasco, Inés; Pascual, Montse; Gol i Gómez, Roser; Escuriet Peiró, Ramon; Comas, Carmina (Women and Birth, 2024, 37(3): 101577, 2024-01)
    Problem Midwifery led units are rare in Spain. Background Midwife-Led Care (MLC) is a widely extended model of care and, within this, the alongside midwifery-led units (AMLU) are those hospital-based ...
  • Respiratory muscle training in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea: a systematic review and meta-analysis 

    Torres Castro, Rodrigo; Solis-Navarro, Lilian; Puppo, Homero; Alcaraz-Serrano, Victoria; Vasconcello Castillo, Luis; Vilaró, Jordi; Vera Uribe, Roberto (Clocks & Sleep, 2022, 4(2), 219-229, 2022-04)
    Background: Effective treatments for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) include positive pressure, weight loss, oral appliances, surgery, and exercise. Although the involvement of the respiratory muscles ...
  • Implementing the QUALI-DEC project in Argentina, Burkina Faso, Thailandand Viet Nam: a process delineation and theory-driven process evaluation protocol 

    Cleeve, Amanda; Annerstedt, Kristi; Betrán, Ana Pilar; Alvesson, Helle; Wendyam, Charles Kaboré; Carroli, Guillermo; Lumbiganon, Pisake; Nhu Hung Mac, Quoc; Zamboni, Karen; Opiyo, Newton; Bohren, Meghan A.; El Halabi, Soha; Gialdini, Celina; Vila Ortiz, Mercedes; Escuriet Peiró, Ramon; Robson, Michael; Dumont, Alexandre; Hanson, Claudia (Global Health Action, 2023, 16(1): 2290636, 2023-12)
    The project ‘Quality Decision-making by women and providers’ (QUALI-DEC) combines four non-clinical interventions to promote informed decision-making surrounding mode of birth, improve women’s birth ...

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