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All articles: Dimosthenis B. Panagiotakos

Causal Relationships in Biomedical Research: The meaning of Moderator, Mediator and Confounding Factor

The attribution of causal relationships in research in general, and particularly in biomedical research, and the investigation of the mechanisms involved, remain issues of major importance; their clarification al-lows for the design of appropriate interventions for a positive outcome.

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The Role of Gender on the Formation of Κnowledge and Βeliefs About Cardiovascular Risk Factors of Children Between 10-12 Years Old: Epidemiologic Study

To evaluate the role of gender on the formation of children’s knowledge and beliefs as regards cardiovascular risk factors.

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Dietary Fiber and 10-year Cardiovascular disease risk, the role of family history; ATTICA study

Aims: This work aimed at exploring the effect of dietary fiber consumption in the 10-year incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD), after controlling for the possible mediating role of family history of CVD.

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Determinants of knowledge and perceptions regarding cardiovascular health: Epidemiological study on fifth and sixth grade of primary school children

Objective: to evaluate the role of socioeconomic and family factors on the formation of children’s knowledge and beliefs concerning cardiovascular risk factors.

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Coffee consumption and breast cancer: a case-control study in women

Objective: The aim of this work was to evaluate the association between the consumption of breakfast and the type of foods contained and breast cancer, in women.

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Dietary, socio-economic and behavioral risk factors for recurrent acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) events

Although cardiovascular disease mortality rates seem to decline, the increasing prevalence of Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) over time along with the aging of the population, will pose serious public health concerns and large economic burden. In Greece, cardiovascular disease (CVD) represents the 50% of mortality and 30% of the patients are re-hospitalized within the first six months after the first cardiac event, according to WHO report.

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Dietary patterns and diabetes mellitus

Type 2 diabetes is a major, non-communicable disease, with increasing prevalence worldwide.

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Indices for the assessment of diet quality

Aim: Indices are composite tools aiming to measure and quantify a variety of clinical conditions, behaviors, attitudes and beliefs that are difficult to be measured quantitatively and accurately.

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