| Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128· 9 million … L Abarca-Gómez, ZA Abdeen, ZA Hamid, NM Abu-Rmeileh, ... The lancet 390 (10113), 2627-2642, 2017 | 7794 | 2017 |
| Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19· 1 million participants B Zhou, J Bentham, M Di Cesare, H Bixby, G Danaei, MJ Cowan, ... The Lancet 389 (10064), 37-55, 2017 | 2682 | 2017 |
| Differences in prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension between developing and developed countries M Pereira, N Lunet, A Azevedo, H Barros Journal of hypertension 27 (5), 963-975, 2009 | 1008 | 2009 |
| N-terminal–pro-brain natriuretic peptide predicts outcome after hospital discharge in heart failure patients P Bettencourt, A Azevedo, J Pimenta, F Friões, S Ferreira, A Ferreira Circulation 110 (15), 2168-2174, 2004 | 964 | 2004 |
| Hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control in Mozambique: urban/rural gap during epidemiological transition A Damasceno, A Azevedo, C Silva-Matos, A Prista, D Diogo, N Lunet Hypertension 54 (1), 77-83, 2009 | 319 | 2009 |
| Intake and adipose tissue composition of fatty acids and risk of myocardial infarction in a male Portuguese community sample C Lopes, A Aro, A Azevedo, E Ramos, H Barros Journal of the American Dietetic Association 107 (2), 276-286, 2007 | 318 | 2007 |
| Prognostic value of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in heart failure: a systematic review JP Araújo, P Lourenço, A Azevedo, F Friões, F Rocha-Gonçalves, ... Journal of cardiac failure 15 (3), 256-266, 2009 | 198 | 2009 |
| Prognostic information provided by serial measurements of brain natriuretic peptide in heart failure P Bettencourt, F Friões, A Azevedo, P Dias, J Pimenta, ... International journal of cardiology 93 (1), 45-48, 2004 | 179 | 2004 |
| Diastolic dysfunction in the diabetic continuum: association with insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes R Fontes-Carvalho, R Ladeiras-Lopes, P Bettencourt, A Leite-Moreira, ... Cardiovascular diabetology 14, 1-9, 2015 | 173 | 2015 |
| Impact of the 2016 ASE/EACVI recommendations on the prevalence of diastolic dysfunction in the general population JG Almeida, R Fontes-Carvalho, F Sampaio, J Ribeiro, P Bettencourt, ... European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging 19 (4), 380-386, 2018 | 167 | 2018 |
| Preliminary data on the potential usefulness of B-type natriuretic peptide levels in predicting outcome after hospital discharge in patients with heart failure P Bettencourt, S Ferreira, A Azevedo, A Ferreira The American journal of medicine 113 (3), 215-219, 2002 | 156 | 2002 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in heart failure. Prevalence, therapeutic and prognostic implications J Mascarenhas, P Lourenço, R Lopes, A Azevedo, P Bettencourt American heart journal 155 (3), 521-525, 2008 | 152 | 2008 |
| Sociodemographic Determinants of Prevalence and Incidence of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Portuguese Adults J Bastos, B Peleteiro, R Barros, L Alves, M Severo, M de Fátima Pina, ... Helicobacter 18 (6), 413-422, 2013 | 145 | 2013 |
| Caffeine intake is associated with a lower risk of cognitive decline: a cohort study from Portugal C Santos, N Lunet, A Azevedo, A De Mendonça, K Ritchie, H Barros Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 20 (s1), S175-S185, 2010 | 139 | 2010 |
| An epidemiological study of stroke hospitalizations in Maputo, Mozambique: a high burden of disease in a resource-poor country A Damasceno, J Gomes, A Azevedo, C Carrilho, V Lobo, H Lopes, ... Stroke 41 (11), 2463-2469, 2010 | 120 | 2010 |
| Increasing number of components of the metabolic syndrome and cardiac structural and functional abnormalities–cross-sectional study of the general population A Azevedo, P Bettencourt, PB Almeida, AC Santos, C Abreu-Lima, ... BMC cardiovascular disorders 7, 1-9, 2007 | 106 | 2007 |
| Prevalence of self-reported cardiovascular risk factors in Portuguese women: a survey after delivery E Alves, S Correia, H Barros, A Azevedo International journal of public health 57, 837-847, 2012 | 103 | 2012 |
| Coexisting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart failure: implications for treatment, course and mortality J Mascarenhas, A Azevedo, P Bettencourt Current opinion in pulmonary medicine 16 (2), 106-111, 2010 | 101 | 2010 |
| Tobacco smoking among Portuguese high-school students. A Azevedo, AP Machado, H Barros Bulletin of the World Health Organization 77 (6), 509, 1999 | 101 | 1999 |
| Explaining the decline in coronary heart disease mortality in Portugal between 1995 and 2008 M Pereira, A Azevedo, N Lunet, H Carreira, M O’Flaherty, S Capewell, ... Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 6 (6), 634-642, 2013 | 83 | 2013 |
Paulo BettencourtCentro Hospitalar São JOão, Faculdade Medicina PortoE-mail confirmado em med.up.pt
