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| Anwar T MerchantSummaryAffiliation: McMaster University Country: Canada Publications
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Childhood obesity, prevalence and preventionMahshid Dehghan
Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Nutr J 4:24. 2005..All in all, there is an urgent need to initiate prevention and treatment of obesity in children...- Percutaneous injuries among dental professionals in Washington StateSyed M Shah
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
BMC Public Health 6:269. 2006..This study was conducted to identify the circumstances and equipment related to percutaneous injuries among dental professionals... 
Intake of n-6 and n-3 fatty acids and fish and risk of community-acquired pneumonia in US menAnwar T Merchant
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Am J Clin Nutr 82:668-74. 2005..Essential fatty acids modulate inflammation and glucose metabolism and may alter infection risk...- Can nonstandardized bitewing radiographs be used to assess the presence of alveolar bone loss in epidemiologic studies?Anwar T Merchant
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 32:271-6. 2004..To compare periodontitis-associated alveolar bone loss assessment by standardized and nonstandardized radiographs in clinical and epidemiologic studies... - Interrelation of saturated fat, trans fat, alcohol intake, and subclinical atherosclerosisAnwar T Merchant
Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Am J Clin Nutr 87:168-74. 2008..Intake of saturated fat, trans fat, and alcohol alter cardiovascular disease risk, but their effect on subclinical atherosclerosis remains understudied... 
Development and validation of a quantitative food frequency questionnaire among rural- and urban-dwelling adults in ColombiaMahshid Dehghan
Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
J Nutr Educ Behav 44:609-13. 2012..To validate a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) against multiple 24-hour dietary recalls (DRs) that could be used for Colombian adults...- Development of a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire for use in United Arab Emirates and Kuwait based on local foodsMahshid Dehghan
Hamilton General Hospital, Population Health Research Institute, 237 Barton, Street East, Hamilton, ON L8L 2X2, Canada
Nutr J 4:18. 2005..The purpose of this study is to describe the development of a culture specific FFQ for Arab populations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Kuwait... - Nutrient estimation from an FFQ developed for a Black Zimbabwean populationAnwar T Merchant
Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton ON, Canada
Nutr J 4:37. 2005..The aim of this study is to describe the development of an FFQ and a food composition table to calculate nutrient intake in a Black Zimbabwean population... - Validation of a semi-quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire for Argentinean adultsMahshid Dehghan
Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
PLoS ONE 7:e37958. 2012..The aim of this study was to develop a Semi-quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire (SFFQ) and evaluate its validity and reproducibility in estimating nutrient intake in urban and rural areas of Argentina... - Is bioelectrical impedance accurate for use in large epidemiological studies?Mahshid Dehghan
Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Nutr J 7:26. 2008.... - Carbohydrate intake and HDL in a multiethnic populationAnwar T Merchant
Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Canada
Am J Clin Nutr 85:225-30. 2007..Ethnic differences in serum lipids are not explained by genetics, central adiposity, lifestyle, or diet, possibly because dietary carbohydrate has not been considered... - Association between body composition and conformity to the recommendations of Canada's Food Guide and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet in peri-adolescenceSamantha Hajna
Department of Community Health Sciences, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Avenue, St Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Public Health Nutr 15:1890-6. 2012..The present study assessed how conformity to the recommendations of these diets was associated with BMI, waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist girth (WG), hip girth (HG) and risk of overweight in peri-adolescents... - Researching periodontitis: challenges and opportunitiesAnwar T Merchant
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, 1492 Barker Avenue, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
J Clin Periodontol 34:1007-15. 2007..We analyse these questions and provide possible solutions. As many of these issues are generic to dentistry, possible solutions can improve the quality of future studies and the evidence base for primary prevention in dentistry... - Whole-grain and fiber intakes and periodontitis risk in menAnwar T Merchant
Population Health Research Institute and the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Am J Clin Nutr 83:1395-400. 2006..Diabetes and hyperglycemia increase periodontitis risk, severity, and extent. Increased whole-grain and fiber intakes are associated with improved insulin sensitivity and may therefore affect periodontitis risk... - Food composition database development for between country comparisonsAnwar T Merchant
Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton ON, Canada
Nutr J 5:2. 2006..Using this common metric for nutrient assessment will reduce differential errors in nutrient estimation and improve the validity of between-country comparisons... - Waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio as predictors of cardiovascular events: meta-regression analysis of prospective studiesLawrence de Koning
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8L 2X2
Eur Heart J 28:850-6. 2007.... - Seasonal variation in leisure-time physical activity among CanadiansAnwar T Merchant
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
Can J Public Health 98:203-8. 2007..Canada has substantial climatic variation but its relation with physical activity is understudied. In this investigation, we evaluated the relation between seasonality and physical activity among Canadians... - Use of preexisting radiographs for assessing periodontal disease in epidemiologic studiesWaranuch Pitiphat
Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston MA 02115, USA
J Public Health Dent 64:223-30. 2004..70 comparing radiographs taken within 5 years and 0.29 when the period extended beyond 5 years. CONCLUSION: Preexisting radiographs are feasible for use in epidemiologic studies and provide valid assessments of periodontal disease... - Increased physical activity decreases periodontitis risk in menAnwar T Merchant
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Eur J Epidemiol 18:891-8. 2003..Increased physical activity improves insulin sensitivity and glucose metabolism, and may therefore affect incidence of periodontitis... - Diet, physical activity, and adiposity in children in poor and rich neighbourhoods: a cross-sectional comparisonAnwar T Merchant
Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton ON, Canada
Nutr J 6:1. 2007..The objective of this pilot study was to compare diet, physical activity, and the built environment in two Hamilton area elementary schools serving socio-economically different communities... - Effect of type 2 diabetes and its duration on the risk of peripheral arterial disease among menWael K Al-Delaimy
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Med 116:236-40. 2004..To assess the relation between the duration of diabetes and the risk of peripheral arterial disease among men... - Vitamin intake is not associated with community-acquired pneumonia in U.S. menAnwar T Merchant
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Nutr 134:439-44. 2004..58, 95% CI, 0.39-0.86, P-value test for trend = 0.01). Vitamin supplements are unlikely to reduce pneumonia risk in well-nourished, middle-aged and older men... - A prospective study of social support, anger expression and risk of periodontitis in menAnwar T Merchant
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass, USA
J Am Dent Assoc 134:1591-6. 2003..Stress is associated with poor oral hygiene, increased glucocorticoid secretion that can depress immune function, increased insulin resistance and potentially increased risk of periodontitis... - Protein intake is inversely associated with abdominal obesity in a multi-ethnic populationAnwar T Merchant
Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton ON, Canada
J Nutr 135:1196-201. 2005..Substituting a modest amount of protein for carbohydrate may reduce abdominal obesity in a diverse multi-ethnic population. Smoking was positively related to abdominal obesity after accounting for BMI...