RESEARCH GROUPS

Projects

• Avances en el manejo del riesgo intermedio. Estudio MARK (improving interMediAte RisK management)

  Funding entity: (2013 - 2020)

• Cohorte DESVELA. Análisis del papel de las aptitudes personales como DEterminantes de la incidencia de morbilidad, eStilos de vida, calidad de Vida, uso de sErvicios y mortaLidAd. (Coord)

  Principal Investigator: Martí Lluch, Ruth

  Funding entity: (2019 - 2024)

• Drug Utilisation Study extension (DUS ext.) of valproate and related substances, in Europe, using databases

  Funding entity: (2020 - 2023)

• Drug utilization of Intrarosa (6.5 mg prasterone pessary) in European Countries

  Principal Investigator: Rafel Ramos Blanes

  Funding entity: (2020)

• Drug utilization of Intrarosa (6.5 mg prasterone pessary) in European Countries

  Funding entity: (2020 - 2021)

• Efectividad de los Objetivos Terapéuticos de la Lipoproteina de Baja Densidad (cLDL) en la Reducción de Eventos Aterotrombóticos. Proyecto ELECTRA.

  Funding entity: (2016 - 2020)

Recent publications

• Domínguez-Armengol G, Ribas-Aulinas F, Balló E, Alzamora-Sas M, Serrat-Costa M, Ruiz-Comellas A, Forcadell-Peris MJ, Toran P, Martí-Lluch R, Ponjoan A, Blanch J, Alves-Cabratosa L, Zacarías-Pons L, Tornabell-Noguera E, Sánchez-Pérez Á, Berenguera-Ossó A, Ramos R; HELENA Study Group. Health program for prEvention of cardiovascuLar disEases based on a risk screeNing strategy with Ankle-brachial index: HELENA study protocol. Front Public Health. 2025 ; 13:1484163. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2025.1484163. Epub 2025 May 30. pmc:PMC12163013. PMID:40520295.

• Romero-Domínguez V, Ponjoan A, Vidal M, Alves-Cabratosa L, Pol-Pons A. Breastfeeding Basic Competence in Primary Care: A Spanish Translation and Cross-Cultural Validation of the CAPA Questionnaire. J Hum Lact. 2024 Nov; 40(4):512-521. doi:10.1177/08903344241271360. Epub 2024 Sep 19. PMID:39297356.

• Garcia-Gil M, Alves-Cabratosa L, Cunillera O, Blanch J, Martí-Lluch R, Ponjoan A, Ribas-Aulinas F, Tornabell-Noguera È, Zacarías-Pons L, Domínguez-Armengol G, Guzmán E, Ramos R. Effectiveness of the low-density lipoprotein cholesterol goals in secondary cardiovascular prevention. Eur J Clin Invest. 2024 Jun; doi:10.1111/eci.14258. Epub 2024 Jun 03. PMID:38828496.

• Ponjoan A, Blanch J, Fages-Masmiquel E, Martí-Lluch R, Alves-Cabratosa L, Garcia-Gil MDM, Domínguez-Armengol G, Ribas-Aulinas F, Zacarías-Pons L, Ramos R. Sex matters in the association between cardiovascular health and incident dementia: evidence from real world data. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2024 Mar; 16(1):58. doi:10.1186/s13195-024-01406-x. Epub 2024 Mar 14. PMID:38481343.

• Alves L, Elosua M, Martí R, Blanch J, Tornabell E, Garcia M, Ponjoan A, Grau M, Ribas F, Zacarías L, Ramos R. Cardiovascular Risk Age Reflects Arterial Status: Middle-Aged People Showed Equivalent Arterial Stiffness to Older People in the Same Risk Category. J Atheroscler Thromb. 2024;31(5):426-440. PMID:38171907.

• Martí-Lluch R, Bolíbar B, Llobera J, Maderuelo-Fernández JA, Magallón-Botaya R, Sánchez-Pérez Á, Fernández-Domínguez MJ, Motrico E, Vicens-Pons E, Notario-Pacheco B, Alves-Cabratosa L, Ramos R; DESVELA Cohort Investigators. Role of personal aptitudes as determinants of incident morbidity, lifestyles, quality of life, use of health services, and mortality (DESVELA cohort): quantitative study protocol for a prospective cohort study in a hybrid analysis. Front Public Health. 2023 ; 11:1067249. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2023.1067249. Epub 2023 Jun 22. pmc:PMC10325828. PMID:37427254.