Panagiotakos Demosthenes

Demosthenes Panagiotakos

Associate Professor in Biostatistics-Nutrition Epidemiology

Studies:
BSc Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, University of Patras, Greece

MSc/PhD Mathematical Statistics, Department of Mathematics, University of Athens, Athens, GreeceCME Environmental Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of  London, UK

MSc Biostatistics, School of Medicine & Department of Mathematics, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
DrMedSci Cardiovascular Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Post-doc in Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Georgetown University Medical Center / VAMC, Washington DC, USA

Research Interests:
Cardiovascular epidemiology

Research methods

Multivariate analysis

Risk modeling

Nutrition epidemiology

Health measurement scales

Contact:
Room: 4
Tel.: 0030-210-9549332
e-mail: dbpanag@hua.gr 
webpage: Press here

Selected publications:

1.     Kourlaba G, Panagiotakos DB. The number of index components affects the diagnostic accuracy of a diet quality index: The role of intra- and inter-correlation structure of the components. Ann Epidemiol 2009

2.    Panagiotakos DB, Pitsavos C, Stefanadis C. A-priori and α-posterior dietary pattern analyses have similar estimating and discriminating ability in predicting 5-year incidence of cardiovascular disease: methodological issues in nutrition assessment. J Food Sci 2009

3.    The Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration. C-reactive protein concentration and the risk of coronary heart disease, stroke and mortality. Lancet 2009;

4.    Dafni U, Tsiodras S, Panagiotakos D, Gkolfinopoulou K, Kouvatseas G,  Tsourti Z, Saroglou G. An Algorithm for Statistical Detection of Peaks: The  Syndromic Surveillance System for the Athens 2004 Olympics. MMWR 2004;suppl Sep: 86 - 98.

5.    Panagiotakos D, Pitsavos C, Chrysohoou C, Risvas G, Kontogianni M, Zampelas A, Stefanadis C. Epidemiology of overweight and obesity in a Greek adult population; the ATTICA study. Obes Res 2004;

6.    Panagiotakos D, Pitsavos C, Chrysohoou C, Tsetsekou E, Papageorgiou C, Christodoulou G, Stefanadis C. Inflammation, coagulation and depressive symptomatology, in cardiovascular disease-free people; the ATTICA study. Eur Heart J 2004;25:492-499.

7.    Panagiotakos DB, Pitsavos C, Chrysohoou C, Skoumas J, Stefanadis C. Status and management of blood lipids in Greek adults and their relation to socio-demographic, lifestyle and dietary factors: the ATTICA Study. Atherosclerosis 2004;173:351-359.

8.    Panagiotakos DB, Pitsavos C, Chrysohoou C, Skoumas J, Masoura C, Toutouzas P, Stefanadis C. Effect of exposure to second hand smoke on inflammation markers: the ATTICA epidemiological study. Am J Med 2004:116:145-151.

9.    Panagiotakos DB, Pitsavos C, Chrysohoou C, Kokkinos P, Toutouzas P, Stefanadis C. The J-shaped effect of coffee consumption on the risk of developing Acute Coronary Syndromes: the CARDIO2000 case-control study. J Nutr 2003;133:3228-3232.

10.  Panagiotakos DB, Pitsavos CH, Chrysohoou C, Skoumas J, Toutouza M, Belegrinnos D, Toutouzas PK, Stefanadis C. The Association between Educational Status and Risk Factors Related to Cardiovascular Disease in Healthy Individuals: the ATTICA study. Ann Epidemiol 2003;14:188-194.