• Does parity matter in women's risk of dementia? A COSMIC collaboration cohort study 

      Bae J.B., Lipnicki D.M., Han J.W., Sachdev P.S., Kim T.H., Kwak K.P., Kim B.J., Kim S.G., Kim J.L., Moon S.W., Park J.H., Ryu S.-H., Youn J.C., Lee D.Y., Lee D.W., Lee S.B., Lee J.J., Jhoo J.H., Llibre-Rodriguez J.J., Llibre-Guerra J.J., Valhuerdi-Cepero A.J., Ritchie K., Ancelin M.-L., Carriere I., Skoog I., Najar J., Sterner T.R., Scarmeas N., Yannakoulia M., Dardiotis E., Meguro K., Kasai M., Nakamura K., Riedel-Heller S., Roehr S., Pabst A., Van Boxtel M., Köhler S., Ding D., Zhao Q., Liang X., Scazufca M., Lobo A., De-La-Cámara C., Lobo E., Kim K.W., Makkar S.R., Crawford J.D., Thalamuthu A., Kochan N.A., Leung Y., Lo J.W., Turana Y., Castro-Costa E., Larijani B., Nabipour I., Rockwood K., Shifu X., Lipton R.B., Katz M.J., Preux P.-M., Guerchet M., Lam L., Ninimiya T., Walker R., Hendrie H., Guaita A., Chen L.-K., Shahar S., Dominguez J., Krishna M., Ganguli M., Anstey K.J., Crowe M., Haan M.N., Kumagai S., Ng T.P., Brodaty H., Mayeux R., Schupf N., Petersen R., Lipton R., Lowe E.S., Jorm L. (2020)
      Background: Dementia shows sex difference in its epidemiology. Childbirth, a distinctive experience of women, is associated with the risk for various diseases. However, its association with the risk of dementia in women ...
    • Educating, training, and exercising for infectious disease control with emphasis on cross-border settings: An integrative review 

      De Rooij D., Belfroid E., Hadjichristodoulou C., Mouchtouri V.A., Raab J., Timen A. (2020)
      Introduction: Points of entry and other border regions educate, train, and exercise (ETEs) their staff to improve preparedness and response to cross-border health threats. However, no conclusive knowledge of these ETEs' ...
    • Effect of whey vs. soy protein supplementation on recovery kinetics following speed endurance training in competitive male soccer players: a randomized controlled trial 

      Kritikos S., Papanikolaou K., Draganidis D., Poulios A., Georgakouli K., Tsimeas P., Tzatzakis T., Batsilas D., Batrakoulis A., Deli C.K., Chatzinikolaou A., Mohr M., Jamurtas A.Z., Fatouros I.G. (2021)
      Background: Soccer-specific speed-endurance training induces short-term neuromuscular fatigue and performance deterioration over a 72-h recovery period, associated with elevated markers of exercise-induced muscle damage. ...
    • Effective strategies for childhood obesity prevention via school based, family involved interventions: A critical review for the development of the Feel4Diabetes-study school based component 

      Lambrinou C.-P., Androutsos O., Karaglani E., Cardon G., Huys N., Wikström K., Kivelä J., Ko W., Karuranga E., Tsochev K., Iotova V., Dimova R., De Miguel-Etayo P., Gonzalez-Gil E.Mª., Tamás H., Jancsó Z., Liatis S., Makrilakis K., Manios Y., Cardon G., Lindström J., Schwarz P., Makrilakis K., Annemans L., Garamendi I., Karatzi K., Androutsos O., Moschonis G., Kanellakis S., Mavrogianni C., Tsoutsoulopoulou K., Katsarou C., Karaglani E., Qira I., Skoufas E., Maragkopoulou K., Tsiafitsa A., Sotiropoulou I., Tsolakos M., Argyri E., Nikolaou M., Vampouli E.-A., Filippou C., Apergi K., Filippou A., Katerina G., Dimitriadis E., Lindström J., Laatikainen T., Wikström K., Hovi P., Kivelä J., Valve P., Levälahti E., Virtanen E., Cardon G., Van Stappen V., Huys N., Annemans L., Willems R., Shadid S., Schwarz P., Timpel P., Makrilakis K., Liatis S., Dafoulas G., Lambrinou C.-P., Giannopoulou A., Rabemananjara L., De Sabata M.S., Ko W., Garamendi I., Moreno L., Civeira F., Bueno G., De Miguel-Etayo P., Miguel-Berges M.L., Giménez-Legarre N., Flores-Barrantes P., Ayala-Marín A.M., Seral-Cortés M., Baila-Rueda L., Cenarro A., Jarauta E., Mateo-Gallego R., Tankova T., Usheva N., Tsochev K., Chakarova N., Galcheva S., Dimova R., Bocheva Y., Radkova Z., Marinova V., Bazdarska Y., Stefanova T., Rurik I., Ungvari T., Jancsó Z., Nánási A., Kolozsvári L., Semánova C., Bíró É., Antal E., Radó S., Martinez R., Tong M. (2020)
      Background: Although there are many interventions targeting childhood obesity prevention, only few have demonstrated positive results. The current review aimed to gather and evaluate available school-based intervention ...
    • Effects of an exercise and sport intervention among refugees living in a Greek refugee camp on mental health, physical fitness and cardiovascular risk markers: study protocol for the SALEEM pragmatic randomized controlled trial 

      Gerber M., Colledge F., de Quervain D., Filippou K., Havas E., Knappe F., Ludyga S., Meier M., Morres I.D., Panagos A., Pühse U., Ramadan K., Seelig H., Theodorakis Y., von Känel R., Hatzigeorgiadis A. (2021)
      Background: Due to ongoing political and social conflicts, the number of international refugees has been increasing. Refugees are exposed to severe mental and physical strain, as well as traumatic experiences during their ...
    • The effects of psychopathology and shame on social representations of health and lifestyle behaviours via free association: a graph analysis approach 

      Briseniou E., Skenteris N., Hatzoglou C., Tsitsas G., Diamantopoulos E., Dragioti E., Gouva M. (2021)
      Background: There is a knowledge gap in whether psychopathology aspects can shape and mark the social representations about health and lifestyle. In this work, we investigated the association of psychopathology and shame ...
    • Emergence of a mupirocin-resistant, methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus clone associated with skin and soft tissue infections in Greece 

      Giormezis N., Doudoulakakis A., Tsilipounidaki K., Militsopoulou M., Kalogeras G., Stamouli V., Kolonitsiou F., Petinaki E., Lebessi E., Spiliopoulou I. (2021)
      Background: Staphylococcus aureus causes various infections, including skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). In this study, methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) from SSTIs among patients in three tertiary-care ...
    • Grapevine wood microbiome analysis identifies key fungal pathogens and potential interactions with the bacterial community implicated in grapevine trunk disease appearance 

      Fotios B., Sotirios V., Elena P., Anastasios S., Stefanos T., Danae G., Georgia T., Aliki T., Epaminondas P., Emmanuel M., George K., Kalliope P.K., Dimitrios K.G. (2021)
      Background: Grapevine trunk diseases (GTDs) is a disease complex caused by wood pathogenic fungi belonging to genera like Phaeomoniella, Phaeoacremonium, Fomitiporia, Eutypa and members of the family Botryosphaeriaceae. ...
    • Heterogeneity of Baló’s concentric sclerosis: a study of eight cases with different therapeutic concepts 

      Tzanetakos D., Vakrakou A.G., Tzartos J.S., Velonakis G., Evangelopoulos M.E., Anagnostouli M., Koutsis G., Dardiotis E., Karavasilis E., Toulas P., Stefanis L., Kilidireas C. (2020)
      Background: Baló’s Concentric Sclerosis (BCS) is a rare heterogeneous demyelinating disease with a variety of phenotypes on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Existing literature lacks data especially on the therapeutic ...
    • High prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in adults living in Greece: the EMENO National Health Examination Survey 

      Touloumi G., Karakosta A., Kalpourtzi N., Gavana M., Vantarakis A., Kantzanou M., Hajichristodoulou C., Chlouverakis G., Trypsianis G., Voulgari P.V., Alamanos Y., Makrilakis K., Liatis S., Chatzipanagiotou S., Stergiou G., Yannis A., Alexis B., Grigoris C., Christos H., Anna K., George S., Giota T., Grigoris T., Apostolos V., Paraskevi V., Argiro K., Nikos P., Georgia V., Natasa K., Klea K., Maria K., Xenia C., Magda G., Bettina H., Christos H., George R., Paraskevi V.V., Ilias N., Koustenis P., Konstantinos M., Stavros L., on behalf of the EMENO study group (2020)
      Background: Nationwide data on cardiovascular risk factors prevalence is lacking in Greece. This work presents the findings of the national health examination survey EMENO (2013–2016) regarding the prevalence of hypertension, ...
    • Increased monocyte count and red cell distribution width as prognostic biomarkers in patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 

      Karampitsakos T., Torrisi S., Antoniou K., Manali E., Korbila I., Papaioannou O., Sampsonas F., Katsaras M., Vasarmidi E., Papakosta D., Domvri K., Fouka E., Organtzis I., Daniil Z., Dimeas I., Kirgou P., Gourgoulianis K.I., Papanikolaou I.C., Markopoulou K., Kounti G., Tsapakidou E., Papadopoulou E., Tatsis K., Gogali A., Kostikas K., Tzilas V., Chrysikos S., Papiris S., Bouros D., Kreuter M., Tzouvelekis A. (2021)
      Background: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) represents a chronic lung disease with unpredictable course. Methods: We aimed to investigate prognostic performance of complete blood count parameters in IPF. Treatment-naïve ...
    • Introduction of a digital near-vision reading test for normal and low vision adults: development and validation 

      Labiris G., Panagiotopoulou E.-K., Chatzimichael E., Tzinava M., Mataftsi A., Delibasis K. (2020)
      Background: MNREAD is an advanced near-vision acuity chart that has already been translated and validated in Greek language. Considering that no validated Greek digital near-vision test exists, our primary objective was ...
    • Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis among intubated patients with SARS-CoV-2 or influenza pneumonia: a European multicenter comparative cohort study 

      Rouzé A., Lemaitre E., Martin-Loeches I., Povoa P., Diaz E., Nyga R., Torres A., Metzelard M., Du Cheyron D., Lambiotte F., Tamion F., Labruyere M., Boulle Geronimi C., Luyt C.-E., Nyunga M., Pouly O., Thille A.W., Megarbane B., Saade A., Magira E., Llitjos J.-F., Ioannidou I., Pierre A., Reignier J., Garot D., Kreitmann L., Baudel J.-L., Voiriot G., Plantefeve G., Morawiec E., Asfar P., Boyer A., Mekontso-Dessap A., Makris D., Vinsonneau C., Floch P.-E., Marois C., Ceccato A., Artigas A., Gaudet A., Nora D., Cornu M., Duhamel A., Labreuche J., Nseir S., Bouchereau M., Sendid B., Boyd S., Coelho L., Maizel J., Cuchet P., Zarrougui W., Boyer D., Quenot J.-P., Imouloudene M., de Chambrun M.P., Van Der Linden T., Arrive F., Voicu S., Azoulay E., Moglia E., Pene F., Cilloniz C., Thevenin D., Larrat C., Argaud L., Guidet B., Turpin M., Contou D., Beurton A., Demiselle J., Meguerditchian D., Razazi K., Arrestier R., Tsolaki V., Marzouk M., Brunin G., Weiss N., Morales L., the coVAPid study group (2022)
      Background: Recent multicenter studies identified COVID-19 as a risk factor for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA). However, no large multicenter study has compared the incidence of IPA between COVID-19 and influenza ...
    • Irradiation induced inversions suppress recombination between the M locus and morphological markers in Aedes aegypti 

      Augustinos A.A., Misbah-ul-Haq M., Carvalho D.O., de la Fuente L.D., Koskinioti P., Bourtzis K. (2020)
      Background: Aedes aegypti is the primary vector of arthropod-borne viruses and one of the most widespread and invasive mosquito species. Due to the lack of efficient specific drugs or vaccination strategies, vector population ...
    • Knowledge and awareness about and use of iodised salt among students in Germany and Greece 

      Heimberg K., Martin A., Ehlers A., Weißenborn A., Hirsch-Ernst K.I., Weikert C., Nagl B., Katsioulis A., Kontopoulou L., Marakis G. (2022)
      Background: Iodine is an essential trace element, which is important for human metabolism, growth and mental development. Iodine deficiency may still occur in Europe and the use of iodised salt is an effective measure to ...
    • Knowledge, attitude and behaviour of university students regarding salt and iodine: a multicentre cross-sectional study in six countries in Europe and Asia 

      Marakis G., Katsioulis A., Kontopoulou L., Ehlers A., Heimberg K., Hirsch-Ernst K.I., Langerholc T., Adamska H., Matyjaszczyk E., Silva K.D.R., Madumali K.A.C., Yeh T.-S., Chiou L.-J., Lin M.-J., Karpetas G., Weissenborn A. (2021)
      Background: Strategies to reduce salt intake are encouraged to be implemented in parallel with those that aim to ensure iodine adequacy at the population level. The aim of the present study was to assess and compare ...
    • Machine learning assisted DSC-MRI radiomics as a tool for glioma classification by grade and mutation status 

      Sudre C.H., Panovska-Griffiths J., Sanverdi E., Brandner S., Katsaros V.K., Stranjalis G., Pizzini F.B., Ghimenton C., Surlan-Popovic K., Avsenik J., Spampinato M.V., Nigro M., Chatterjee A.R., Attye A., Grand S., Krainik A., Anzalone N., Conte G.M., Romeo V., Ugga L., Elefante A., Ciceri E.F., Guadagno E., Kapsalaki E., Roettger D., Gonzalez J., Boutelier T., Cardoso M.J., Bisdas S. (2020)
      Background: Combining MRI techniques with machine learning methodology is rapidly gaining attention as a promising method for staging of brain gliomas. This study assesses the diagnostic value of such a framework applied ...
    • Non-genetic risk and protective factors and biomarkers for neurological disorders: a meta-umbrella systematic review of umbrella reviews 

      Mentis A.-F.A., Dardiotis E., Efthymiou V., Chrousos G.P. (2021)
      Background: The etiologies of chronic neurological diseases, which heavily contribute to global disease burden, remain far from elucidated. Despite available umbrella reviews on single contributing factors or diseases, no ...
    • Pregnancy and thrombosis risk for women without a history of thrombotic events: a retrospective study of the real risks 

      Grouzi E., Pouliakis A., Aktypi Α., Christoforidou A., Kotsi P., Αnagnostou G., Foifa A., Papadakis E. (2022)
      Background: During pregnancy and puerperium women are at high VTE risk. Current guidelines recommend dynamic VTE-risk assessment during pregnancy. Based on related RCOG-guidelines we constructed a digital VTE-risk assessment ...