Publications in collaboration with researchers from Universidade da Madeira (21)

2023

  1. Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents’ growth and development

    Nature, Vol. 615, Núm. 7954, pp. 874-883

  2. Global variation in diabetes diagnosis and prevalence based on fasting glucose and hemoglobin A1c

    Nature Medicine, Vol. 29, Núm. 11, pp. 2885-2901

2022

  1. Phylogeography of Sub-Saharan Mitochondrial Lineages Outside Africa Highlights the Roles of the Holocene Climate Changes and the Atlantic Slave Trade

    International journal of molecular sciences, Vol. 23, Núm. 16

2021

  1. Biomolecular insights into North African-related ancestry, mobility and diet in eleventh-century Al-Andalus

    Scientific Reports, Vol. 11, Núm. 1

2020

  1. Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol

    Nature, Vol. 582, Núm. 7810, pp. 73-77

2019

  1. Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

    Nature

2018

  1. Contributions of mean and shape of blood pressure distribution to worldwide trends and variations in raised blood pressure: A pooled analysis of 1018 population-based measurement studies with 88.6 million participants

    International Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 47, Núm. 3, pp. 872-883i

2017

  1. Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

    The Lancet, Vol. 389, Núm. 10064, pp. 37-55

  2. 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 children, adolescents, and adults

    The Lancet, Vol. 390, Núm. 10113, pp. 2627-2642

2016

  1. A century of trends in adult human height

    eLife, Vol. 5

  2. Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

    The Lancet, Vol. 387, Núm. 10026, pp. 1377-1396

  3. Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: A pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4.4 million participants

    The Lancet, Vol. 387, Núm. 10027

  4. Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: A pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4.4 million participants

    The Lancet, Vol. 387, Núm. 10027, pp. 1513-1530

2015

  1. Effects of diabetes definition on global surveillance of diabetes prevalence and diagnosis: A pooled analysis of 96 population-based studies with 331 288 participants

    The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, Vol. 3, Núm. 8, pp. 624-637

2008

  1. 2006 GEP-ISFG collaborative exercise on mtDNA: reflections about interpretation, artefacts, and DNA mixtures

    Forensic Science International: Genetics, Vol. 2, Núm. 2, pp. 126-133

  2. Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene, homocysteine and coronary artery disease: The A1298C polymorphism does matter. Inferences from a case study (Madeira, Portugal)

    Thrombosis Research, Vol. 122, Núm. 5, pp. 648-656

  3. RAS gene polymorphisms, classical risk factors and the advent of coronary artery disease in the Portuguese population

    BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, Vol. 8

2006

  1. Results of the 2003-2004 GEP-ISFG collaborative study on mitochondrial DNA: Focus on the mtDNA profile of a mixed semen-saliva stain

    Forensic Science International, Vol. 160, Núm. 2-3, pp. 157-167

2005

  1. Mitochondrial DNA error prophylaxis: Assessing the causes of errors in the GEP'02-03 proficiency testing trial

    Forensic Science International, Vol. 148, Núm. 2-3, pp. 191-198

2003

  1. Genetic differentiation of the Cabo Verde Archipelago population analysed by STR polymorphisms

    Annals of Human Genetics, Vol. 67, Núm. 4, pp. 340-347