Bernardo Lessa Horta

Research interests

Publications

• Systematic review and meta‐analysis of breastfeeding and later overweight or obesity expands on previous study for World Health Organization

  Acta Paediatrica · 2022 · 10.1111/apa.16460

• SARS-CoV-2 antibody prevalence in Brazil: results from two successive nationwide serological household surveys

  The Lancet Global Health · 2020 · 10.1016/s2214-109x(20)30387-9

• Population-based surveys of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in Southern Brazil

  Nature Medicine · 2020 · 10.1038/s41591-020-0992-3

• Life-Course Genome-wide Association Study Meta-analysis of Total Body BMD and Assessment of Age-Specific Effects

  The American Journal of Human Genetics · 2018 · 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.12.005

• Maternal complications and cesarean section without indication: systematic review and meta-analysis

  Revista de Saúde Pública · 2017 · 10.11606/s1518-8787.2017051000389

• Inflammatory Biomarkers and Risk of Schizophrenia

  JAMA Psychiatry · 2017 · 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.3191

• PCSK9 genetic variants and risk of type 2 diabetes: a mendelian randomisation study

  The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology · 2016 · 10.1016/s2213-8587(16)30396-5

• Long‐term consequences of breastfeeding on cholesterol, obesity, systolic blood pressure and type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

  Acta Paediatrica · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.13133

• Association between breastfeeding and intelligence, educational attainment, and income at 30 years of age: a prospective birth cohort study from Brazil

  The Lancet Global Health · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s2214-109x(15)70002-1

• Breastfeeding and intelligence: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

  Acta Paediatrica · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.13139

• Origin and dynamics of admixture in Brazilians and its effect on the pattern of deleterious mutations

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2015 · 10.1073/pnas.1504447112

• Consumption of ultra-processed foods and their impact on the diet of young adults

  Revista de Saúde Pública · 2015 · 10.1590/s0034-8910.2015049005572

• Cohort Profile Update: The 1982 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort Study

  International Journal of Epidemiology · 2015 · 10.1093/ije/dyv017

• Cohort Profile Update: The 1982 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort Study

  International Journal of Epidemiology · 2015 · 10.1093/ije/dyv017

• Maternal Height and Child Growth Patterns

  The Journal of Pediatrics · 2013 · 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.02.002

• The First National Survey of Indigenous People’s Health and Nutrition in Brazil: rationale, methodology, and overview of results

  BMC Public Health · 2013 · 10.1186/1471-2458-13-52

• What are the causal effects of breastfeeding on IQ, obesity and blood pressure? Evidence from comparing high-income with middle-income cohorts

  International Journal of Epidemiology · 2011 · 10.1093/ije/dyr020

• 'Kangaroo mother care' to prevent neonatal deaths due to preterm birth complications

  International Journal of Epidemiology · 2010 · 10.1093/ije/dyq031

• Weight Gain in the First Two Years of Life Is an Important Predictor of Schooling Outcomes in Pooled Analyses from Five Birth Cohorts from Low- and Middle-Income Countries

  Journal of Nutrition · 2009 · 10.3945/jn.109.112300

• Prepregnancy BMI and the risk of gestational diabetes: a systematic review of the literature with meta‐analysis

  Obesity Reviews · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-789x.2008.00541.x

• Evidence on the long-term effects of breastfeeding SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AND META-ANALYSES

  · 2007

• The Worldwide Prevalence of ADHD: A Systematic Review and Metaregression Analysis

  American Journal of Psychiatry · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.6.942

• The effect of long-term intermittent trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole treatment on recurrences of toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis

  American Journal of Ophthalmology · 2002 · 10.1016/s0002-9394(02)01527-1

• Fatores de risco para suspeita de atraso no desenvolvimento neuropsicomotor aos 12 meses de vida

  Revista chilena de pediatría · 2002 · 10.4067/s0370-41062002000500016

• Maternal smoking and the risk of early weaning: a meta-analysis

  American Journal of Public Health · 2001 · 10.2105/ajph.91.2.304

• Maternal smoking and the risk of early weaning: a meta-analysis

  American Journal of Public Health · 2001 · 10.2105/ajph.91.2.304

• Short-term benefits of catch-up growth for small-for-gestational-age infants

  International Journal of Epidemiology · 2001 · 10.1093/ije/30.6.1325

Current projects

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