• Associations between dietary polyphenols and type 2 diabetes in a cross-sectional analysis of the PREDIMED-Plus Trial: role of body mass index and sex

  Tresserra-Rimbau, Anna; Castañer, Olga; Pérez-Vega, Karla Alejandra; Fitó Colomer, Montserrat; Salas Salvadó, Jordi (MDPI, 2019)

  Overweight and obesity are important risk factors for type 2 diabetes (T2D). Moving towards healthier diets, namely, diets rich in bioactive compounds, could decrease the odds of suffering T2D. However, those individuals ...
• Real-world evidence of the effectiveness of ombitasvir-paritaprevir/r ± dasabuvir ± ribavirin in patients monoinfected with chronic hepatitis C or coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus-1 in Spain

  Sousa, José Manuel; Carrión Rodríguez, José Antonio; Manzanares, Amanda (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019)

  Aim: We describe the effectiveness and safety of the interferon-free regimen ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir plus dasabuvir with or without ribavirin (OBV/PTV/r ± DSV ± RBV) in a nationwide representative sample of the ...
• Coordinated program between primary care and sleep unit for the management of obstructive sleep apnea

  Mayos, Mercè; Peñacoba, Patricia; Pedro Pijoan, Anna María; Santiveri, Carme; Flor, Xavier; Juvanteny, Joan; Sampol, Gabriel; Lloberes, Patricia; Aoiz, José Ignacio; Bayó, Joan; Grau Sanmartí, Nuria; Fortuna, Ana M.; Plaza, Vicente; Llauger, M. Antònia (Nature Research, 2019)

  The purpose of this study is to develop and validate a work model in the primary health-care setting for identifying patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) based on clinical variables and an ...
• From green technology to functional olive oils: assessing the best combination of olive tree-related extracts with complementary bioactivities

  Hernáez, Álvaro; Jaramillo, Sara; García Borrego, Aránzazu; Espejo-Calvo, Juan A.; Covas Planells, Maria Isabel; Blanchart, Gemma; Torre Fornell, Rafael de la; Carrasco-Pancorbo, Alegría; Mesa, Maria-Dolores; Fernández Prior, Maria África; Castañer, Olga; Fitó Colomer, Montserrat (MDPI, 2021)

  Our aim was to assess the combination of olive tree-related extracts with the most favorable profile of in vitro bioactive properties. We tested the antioxidant (increment of low-density lipoprotein resistance against ...
• Depression and apathy after transient ischemic attack or minor stroke: prevalence, evolution and predictors

  Carnes-Vendrell, Anna; Deus, Joan; Molina-Seguin, Jessica; Pifarré, Josep; Purroy, Francisco (Nature Research, 2019)

  Few previous studies have focused on affective impairment after transient ischemic attack (TIA) and/or minor stroke. The aim was to establish the prevalence, evolution and predictors of post-stroke depression (PSD) and ...
• Optimistic bias: the more you do, the better you think it goes. Survey analysis of reverse shoulder arthroplasty

  Torrens Cánovas, Carlos; Miquel, J.; Santana Pérez, Fernando (Dove Medical Press, 2019)

  Objective: Even though heuristics are very helpful, several biases have been described related to their use. The aim of this study is to analyze the influence of surgery volume on the surgeon's perception of pain improvement ...
• Specific nuclear magnetic resonance lipoprotein subclass profiles and central arterial stiffness in type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: a Case control study

  Llauradó Cabot, Gemma; Amigó, Núria; Albert; Ballesta, Silvia; Albert, Lara; Mazarico, Isabel; Fernández Veledo, Sonia; Pedro-Botet, Juan Carlos; Vendrell, Joan; González Clemente, José Miguel (MDPI, 2019)

  Background: Dyslipidemia has been associated with vascular complications of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). We examined the proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-assessed lipoprotein subclass profiles in subjects with ...
• Economic analysis of ceftaroline fosamil for treating community-acquired pneumonia in Spain

  Torres, Antoni; Bassetti, Matteo; Welte, Tobias; Rivolo, Simone; Remak, Edit; Peral, Carmen; Charbonneau, Claudie; Hammond, Jennifer; Ansari, Wajeeha; Grau Cerrato, Santiago (Taylor & Francis, 2020)

  Background: Adults admitted to hospital with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) impose significant burden upon limited hospital resources. To achieve early response and possibly early discharge, thus reducing hospital ...
• Global management of patients with knee osteoarthritis begins with quality of life assessment: a systematic review

  Vitaloni, Marianna; Botto-van Bemden, Angie; Sciortino Contreras, Rosa Maya; Scotton, Deborah; Bibas, Marco; Quintero, Maritza; Monfort Faure, Jorge; Carné, Xavier; Abajo, Francisco de; Oswald, Elizabeth; Cabot, Maria R.; Matucci, Marco; du Souich, Patrick; Möller, Ingrid; Eakin, Guy; Vergés, Josep (BioMed Central, 2019)

  Background: Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a prevalent form of chronic joint disease associated with functional restrictions and pain. Activity limitations negatively impact social connectedness and psychological well-being, ...
• Efficacy and safety of the dual-layer flow-diverting stent (FRED) for the treatment of intracranial aneurysms

  Guimaraens, Leopoldo; Vivas, Elio; Saldaña, Jesus; Llibre, Juan Carlos; Gil, Alberto; Balaguer, Ernest; Rodríguez-Campello, Ana; Cuadrado Godia, Elisa; Ois Santiago, Angel Javier (BMJ Publishing Group, 2020)

  Purpose: To describe the efficacy and complications of treating cerebral aneurysms with the Flow Re-direction Endoluminal Device (FRED) and to identify predictors for aneurysm occlusion. Methods: A prospective observational ...
• Electric field causes volumetric changes in the human brain

  Argyelan, Miklos; Pujol Nuez, Jesús; Abbott, Christopher (eLife, 2019)

  Recent longitudinal neuroimaging studies in patients with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) suggest local effects of electric stimulation (lateralized) occur in tandem with global seizure activity (generalized). We used ...
• The use of microindentation for the study of bone properties in type 1 diabetes mellitus patients

  Ballesta, Silvia; Güerri Fernández, Roberto; Chillarón Jordan, Juan José; Güell, A.; Herrera, S.; Torres, E.; Ascoeta, N.G.; Flores-Le-Roux, Juana Antonia; Díez, A. (Springer, 2020)

  Diabetes mellitus is associated with a higher risk of fracture. In this study, we analysed the bone quality of premenopausal women with type 1 diabetes mellitus by microindentation. No differences in bone quality were ...
• Influence of social cognition as a mediator between cognitive reserve and psychosocial functioning in patients with first episode psychosis

  González-Ortega, I.; Cáceres, I.; Garnier Lacueva, Patrícia Carolina; Selva, G. (Cambridge University Press, 2020)

  Background: Social cognition has been associated with functional outcome in patients with first episode psychosis (FEP). Social cognition has also been associated with neurocognition and cognitive reserve. Although cognitive ...
• DALBACEN cohort: dalbavancin as consolidation therapy in patients with endocarditis and/or bloodstream infection produced by gram-positive cocci

  Hidalgo-Tenorio, Carmen; Vinuesa, David; Plata, Antonio; Martín Dávila, Pilar; Iftimie, Simona; Sequera, Sergio; Loeches, Belén; Lopez-Cortés, Luis Eduardo; Fariñas, Mari Carmen; Fernández-Roldan, Concepción; Javier-Martinez, Rosario; Muñoz, Patrícia; Arenas-Miras, María Del Mar; Martínez-Marcos, Francisco Javier; Miró, José María; Herrero, Carmen; Bereciartua, Elena; de Jesús, Samantha E.; Pasquau, Juan (BioMed Central, 2019)

  Objectives: To analyse the effectiveness of dalbavancin (DBV) in clinical practice as consolidation therapy in patients with bloodstream infection (BSI) and/or infective endocarditis (IE) produced by gram-positive cocci ...
• Resident memory T cells are a cellular reservoir for HIV in the cervical mucosa

  Cantero-Pérez, Jon; Lloveras Rubio, Belen; Solé-Sedeno, Josep M.; Genescà, Meritxell (Nature Research, 2019)

  HIV viral reservoirs are established very early during infection. Resident memory T cells (TRM) are present in tissues such as the lower female genital tract, but the contribution of this subset of cells to the pathogenesis ...
• Registro Nacional de Fracturas de Cadera (RNFC): resultados del primer año y comparación con otros registros y estudios multicéntricos espanyoles

  Sáez-López, Pilar; Díez Pérez, Adolfo; González-Montalvo, Juan I. (Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, 2019)

  Fundamentos: El Registro Nacional de Fracturas de Cadera (RNFC) es un registro español multicéntrico, prospectivo y continuo, que comenzó en 2017. El objetivo de este artículo fue presentar los datos del primer informe ...
• From physical to emotional pain in chronic kidney disease: nurses' perceptions

  Pedreira Robles, Guillermo; Aguayo-González, Mariela Patricia (Wiley-Blackwell, 2019)

  Background: Changes in body image are a recurring theme in the literature on chronic kidney disease (CKD). There is insufficient evidence identifying nurses' perceptions of this topic. Objective: To explore nurses' perceptions ...
• Propensity score methods in health technology assessment: principles, extended applications, and recent advances

  Ali, M. Sanni; Prieto-Alhambra, Daniel; Cruz Lopes, Luciane; Ramos, Dandara; Bispo, Nivea; Ichihara, Maria Y.; Pescarini, Julia M.; Williamson, Elizabeth; Fiaccone, Rosemeire L.; Barreto, Mauricio L.; Smeeth, Liam (Frontiers, 2019)

  Randomized clinical trials (RCT) are accepted as the gold-standard approaches to measure effects of intervention or treatment on outcomes. They are also the designs of choice for health technology assessment (HTA). ...
• Patellar tendon lengthening: rescue procedure for patella baja

  Perelli, Simone; Ibañez, Maximiliano; Morales-Marin, Carlos; Acuña-Avila, Gabriel; Espinoza-Von Bischhoffshausen, Ricardo; Masferrer-Pino, Àngel; Monllau García, Juan Carlos (Elsevier, 2019)

  Patella baja is a challenging pathologic condition that causes pain and functional restrictions and can even lead to premature osteoarthritis-even more so in cases of patella infera or cases associated with degeneration ...
• Effect of the tumor suppressor miR-320a on viability and functionality of human osteosarcoma cell Llnes compared to primary osteoblasts

  Ugarte Corbalán, Laura de; Balcells, Susana; Güerri Fernández, Roberto; Grinberg, Daniel; Díez Pérez, Adolfo; Nogués Solan, Francesc Xavier; Garcia Giralt, Natàlia (MDPI, 2020)

  The miR-320a regulates a number of genes involved in various physiological processes. In particular, it has been reported as a tumor suppressor in several types of human cancers and involved in osteoporotic fracture and ...

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