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| Shumei S SunSummaryAffiliation: Wright State University Country: USA Publications
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Childhood obesity predicts adult metabolic syndrome: the Fels Longitudinal StudyShumei S Sun
Lifespan Health Research Center, Department of Community Health, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH, USA
J Pediatr 152:191-200. 2008..To determine the age of significant divergence in body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference in adults with and without the metabolic syndrome, and to provide age- and sex-specific childhood values that predict adult metabolic syndrome...- National estimates of the timing of sexual maturation and racial differences among US childrenShumei S Sun
The Lifespan Health Research Center Departments of Community Health, Pediatrics, and Mathematics and Statistics, Wright State University, School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio 45420, USA
Pediatrics 110:911-9. 2002.... - Development of bioelectrical impedance analysis prediction equations for body composition with the use of a multicomponent model for use in epidemiologic surveysShumei S Sun
Lifespan Research Center, Department of Community Health, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH 45420, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 77:331-40. 2003..Previous studies to develop and validate bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) equations to predict body composition were limited by small sample sizes, sex specificity, and reliance on reference methods that use a 2-component model... - Systolic blood pressure in childhood predicts hypertension and metabolic syndrome later in lifeShumei S Sun
Lifespan Health Research Center, Department of Community Health, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, 3171 Research Blvd, Dayton, OH 45420, USA
Pediatrics 119:237-46. 2007.... - Is sexual maturity occurring earlier among U.S. children?Shumei S Sun
The Lifespan Health Research Center, Department of Community Health, Wright State University, School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio, USA
J Adolesc Health 37:345-55. 2005..To compare the onset and completion of sexual maturation among U.S. children between 1966 and 1994... - Genetic and environmental influences on infant weight and weight change: the Fels Longitudinal StudyEllen W Demerath
Lifespan Health Research Center, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio 45420 4014, USA
Am J Hum Biol 19:692-702. 2007..Understanding genetic influences on growth rate in a well-nourished, nutritionally stable population may help us interpret the causes and consequences of centile crossing in nutritionally compromised contexts... - Do changes in body mass index percentile reflect changes in body composition in children? Data from the Fels Longitudinal StudyEllen W Demerath
Lifespan Health Research Center, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio, USA
Pediatrics 117:e487-95. 2006..Our aim was to examine the degree to which changes in BMI percentile reflect changes in body fat and lean body mass during childhood and how age and gender affect these relationships... - Fifty-year trends in serial body mass index during adolescence in girls: the Fels Longitudinal StudyEllen W Demerath
Lifespan Health Research Center, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 80:441-6. 2004.... - Quantitative genetics of cortical bone mass in healthy 10-year-old children from the Fels Longitudinal StudyDana L Duren
Lifespan Health Research Center, Department of Community Health, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, 3171 Research Boulevard, Dayton, OH 45420, USA
Bone 40:464-70. 2007..Results of this investigation provide evidence of significant genetic control over bone mass largely independent of maturation while bones are actively growing and before rapid accrual of bone that typically occurs during puberty... - Predictive ability of childhood metabolic components for adult metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetesChristine M Schubert
Department of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298 0032, USA
J Pediatr 155:S6.e1-7. 2009..To estimate sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of components of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) during childhood for MetS and type 2 diabetes (T2D) in adulthood... - Prolonged juvenile States and delay of cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors: the Fels Longitudinal studyShumei S Sun
Department of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298 0032, USA
J Pediatr 155:S7.e1-6. 2009..To ascertain the influence of such a prolonged juvenile state on delaying the onset of the metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes mellitus later in life... - Genetic architecture of knee radiographic joint space in healthy young adultsDana L Duren
Department of Community Health, Lifespan Health Research Center, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, 3171 Research Boulevard, Dayton, OH 45420 4014, USA
Hum Biol 80:1-9. 2008..Genetic correlation analyses indicate complete pleiotropy between MJS and LJS but genetic independence of joint space and JW... - Concordant and discordant sexual maturation among U.S. children in relation to body weight and BMIChristine M Schubert
Department of Community Health, School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA
J Adolesc Health 37:356-62. 2005..Discordant children with large differences in weight and BMI may require additional monitoring of their growth during adolescence... - Early menarche and the development of cardiovascular disease risk factors in adolescent girls: the Fels Longitudinal StudyKaren E Remsberg
Lifespan Health Research Center, Department of Community Health, Wright State University School of Medicine, 3171 Research Boulevard, Kettering, Ohio 45420 4006, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 90:2718-24. 2005..Girls with early menarche exhibited elevated blood pressure and glucose intolerance compared with later maturing girls, independent of body composition... - Age at menarche and racial comparisons in US girlsWilliam Cameron Chumlea
Lifespan Health Research Center, Department of Community Health, Wright State University, School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio, USA
Pediatrics 111:110-3. 2003..Previous reports have been sparse and interpretation has been limited because of the racial composition and ages of the samples... - Quantitative genetic analysis of cellular adhesion molecules: the Fels Longitudinal StudyMiryoung Lee
Lifespan Health Research Center, Department of Community Health, Wright State University, School of Medicine, 3171 Research Blvd, Dayton, OH 45420, USA
Atherosclerosis 185:150-8. 2006..In the Fels Longitudinal Study, the levels of four sCAMs are significantly influenced by genetic effects, and sICAM-1 shares a common genetic background with sVCAM-1... - Heritability of calcaneal quantitative ultrasound measures in healthy adults from the Fels Longitudinal StudyMiryoung Lee
Lifespan Health Research Center, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH 45420, USA
Bone 35:1157-63. 2004..This study demonstrates that QUS measures of the calcaneus among healthy men and women are heritable, and there are large shared additive genetic effects among all of the traits examined... - Recent decline in age at menarche: the Fels Longitudinal StudyEllen W Demerath
Lifespan Health Research Center, Department of Community Health, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio 45435, USA
Am J Hum Biol 16:453-7. 2004..These two findings suggest that population-level shifts in BMI and the timing of menarche are largely independent, although sometimes coincident, processes... - Total body water volume for white children and adolescents and anthropometric prediction equations: the Fels Longitudinal StudyWilliam C Chumlea
Department of Community Health, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH 45420, USA
Kidney Int 68:2317-22. 2005..There are few studies of total body water (TBW) volume in children. Such studies are needed, as are new prediction equations for the clinical management of children with renal insufficiency and those receiving dialysis... - Relationships between serial childhood adiposity measures and adult blood pressure: The Fels longitudinal studyRoy Travis Sabo
Department of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
Am J Hum Biol 22:830-5. 2010..The purpose of this study is to determine associations between these alternative serial childhood adiposity measures and adulthood blood pressure... - Anatomical patterning of visceral adipose tissue: race, sex, and age variationEllen W Demerath
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:2984-93. 2007..We tested sex, race, and age differences in the patterning of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and subcutaneous adipose tissue... - Sex differences in young adulthood metabolic syndrome and physical activity: the Fels longitudinal studyKaren E Remsberg
Department of Social Medicine, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
Am J Hum Biol 19:544-50. 2007..To evaluate the effects of habitual physical activity (PA) on the metabolic syndrome (MS) in young adult men and women...
Research Grants
- Childhood Obesity and Sexual MaturationShumei Sun; Fiscal Year: 2007....