Racial and geographic variation in coronary heart disease mortality trendsRichard F Gillum
Department of Medicine, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
BMC Public Health 12:410. 2012
..Therefore the aim of this study is to present data on these trends through 2007...
- Smoking, cognitive function and mortality in a U.S. national cohort study
Richard F Gillum
Geriatrics Division, Department of Medicine, Howard University, 2041 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20060, USA
Int J Environ Res Public Health 8:3628-36. 2011
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- Ethnic and geographic variation in stroke mortality trends
Richard F Gillum
Division of Geriatrics, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
Stroke 42:3294-6. 2011
..Magnitude, geographic, and ethnic variation in trends in stroke within the United States require updating for health services and health disparities research...
- Population surveillance of dementia mortality
Richard F Gillum
Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Howard University, 2041 Georgia Ave, Washington, DC 20060, USA
Int J Environ Res Public Health 8:1244-57. 2011
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- High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, cognitive function and mortality in a U.S. national cohort
Richard F Gillum
Department of Medicine, Howard University, College of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
Lipids Health Dis 10:26. 2011
..In a nationwide cohort of older Americans, analyses demonstrated a lower risk of death independent of confounders among those high HDL and SICF scores, strongest among the oldest persons...
- Living with companion animals, physical activity and mortality in a U.S. national cohort
Richard F Gillum
Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Howard University, 2041 Georgia Avenue, Washington, DC 20060, USA
Int J Environ Res Public Health 7:2452-9. 2010
..47, NS). In a nationwide cohort of American adults, analyses demonstrated no lower risk of death independent of confounders among those living with canine or feline companions, despite positive association of canine companions with LTPA...
Disparities in rates of acute MI hospitalization and coronary procedures on the US-Mexico borderRichard Frank Gillum
Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC 20060, USA
Am J Med 123:625-30. 2010
..Hospitalization rates for acute myocardial infarction can provide insight into the utilization of care by disadvantaged populations. However, these data have not been reported for the US-Mexico border region...
- Physical activity, cognitive function, and mortality in a US national cohort
R F Gillum
Department of Medicine, Howard University College of Medicine, 2041 Georgia Ave, Washington, DC 20060, USA
Ann Epidemiol 20:251-7. 2010
..We test the hypothesis that the relative protective effect of high physical activity level as related to mortality is greater in persons with impaired cognitive function than in others...
- Access to health care and religion among young American men
R Frank Gillum
College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, DC 20060, USA
Int J Environ Res Public Health 6:3225-34. 2009
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- Religious involvement and seroprevalence of six infectious diseases in US adults
R F Gillum
Department of Public and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
South Med J 103:403-8. 2010
..In the United States, religious practice is inversely associated with several chronic conditions, but no reports show whether it is inversely associated with prevalence of positive serology for infections...
- Associations between religious involvement and behavioral risk factors for HIV/AIDS in American women and men in a national health survey
R F Gillum
Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Howard University, 2041 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20060, USA
Ann Behav Med 40:284-93. 2010
..Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), is a leading cause of death...
Associations of prayer, mind-body therapy, and smoking cessation in a national surveyR F Gillum
School of Divinity and College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, DC 20017, USA
Psychol Rep 105:593-604. 2009
..prior to interview and attempting to quit during the year prior to interview, the odds of reporting no longer smoking at interview were no greater for those who used prayer, any mind-body therapy, or both, than in those using neither...
- Cognitive function, social integration and mortality in a U.S. national cohort study of older adults
Thomas O Obisesan
Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA
BMC Geriatr 9:33. 2009
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- High blood pressure, hypertension, and high pulse pressure are associated with poorer cognitive function in persons aged 60 and older: the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Thomas Olabode Obisesan
Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Howard University Hospital, 2041 Georgia Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20060, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:501-9. 2008
..To test the hypothesis that hypertension, high blood pressure, and high pulse pressure (PP) are independently associated with lower cognitive function...
