Publications by authors named "Montse Leon"
Objective: To design and develop a questionnaire that can account for an individual's adherence to a Mediterranean lifestyle including the assessment of diet and physical activity patterns, as well as social interaction.
Design: The Mediterranean Lifestyle (MEDLIFE) index was created based on the current Spanish Mediterranean food guide pyramid. MEDLIFE is a twenty-eight-item derived index consisting of questions about food consumption (fifteen items), traditional Mediterranean dietary habits (seven items) and physical activity, rest and social interaction habits (six items).
Background And Objective: To explore the effect of long-term therapy with azithromycin in regards to airway oxidative stress markers in exhaled breath condensate (EBC) of adult patients with stable non-cystic fibrosis (CF) bronchiectasis.
Methods: Open-label prospective study of 30 patients randomized to azithromycin 250 mg three times per week during 3 months (16 patients) or control (14 patients). Primary outcome were changes in nitric oxide, 8-isoprostane, pH, nitrites and nitrates in EBC.
Background: Obesity and overweight are increasing progressively leading to an increase in cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular events.
Methods: The MESYAS Registry (Metabolic Syndrome in Active Subjects) recruited active workers from their annual health examinations in Spain through 2003. Body mass index was used to diagnose overweight and obesity.
Background And Objective: The objectives of this study were to describe the prevalence of subclinical renal dysfunction, assessed by glomerular filtration rate (GFR), and identify the associated cardiovascular risk factors in active working subjects of Spain.
Subjects And Method: Data were collected in 11,582 active healthy workers (78.5% males), mean age (standard deviation) 40.