Comparing diabetes prevalence between African Americans and Whites of similar socioeconomic statusLisa B Signorello
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA lisa
Am J Public Health 97:2260-7. 2007
..We investigated whether racial disparities in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes exist beyond what may be attributable to differences in socioeconomic status (SES) and other modifiable risk factors...
Differences in the association between serum leptin levels and body mass index in black and white women: a report from the Southern Community Cohort StudySarah S Cohen
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
Ann Nutr Metab 60:90-7. 2012
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- Obesity and all-cause mortality among black adults and white adults
Sarah S Cohen
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Am J Epidemiol 176:431-42. 2012
..89, 1.43) and 0.87 (95% CI: 0.72, 1.04) for black males and black females, respectively). In this large cohort, obesity in mid-to-late adulthood among blacks was not associated with the same excess mortality risk seen among whites...
- Congenital anomalies in the children of cancer survivors: a report from the childhood cancer survivor study
Lisa B Signorello
International Epidemiology Institute, 1455 Research Blvd, Suite 550, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
J Clin Oncol 30:239-45. 2012
..This question has been inadequately studied to date because of a lack of detailed individual treatment exposure assessment such as gonadal radiation doses...
- Lung cancer risk among smokers of menthol cigarettes
William J Blot
International Epidemiology Institute, 1455 Research Blvd, Ste 550, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 103:810-6. 2011
..The Food and Drug Administration is currently considering whether to ban the sale of menthol cigarettes in the United States...
- Southern community cohort study: establishing a cohort to investigate health disparities
Lisa B Signorello
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 97:972-9. 2005
..To demonstrate the methods of recruitment of a low-income, predominantly African-American study population for the Southern Community Cohort Study (SCCS), a prospective epidemiologic investigation of racial disparities in cancer risk...
- Parity and breastfeeding in relation to obesity among black and white women in the southern community cohort study
Sarah S Cohen
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 18:1323-32. 2009
..This research sought to describe associations among parity, breastfeeding, and adult obesity in black and white women in the southeastern United States...
- Biochemical validation of food frequency questionnaire-estimated carotenoid, alpha-tocopherol, and folate intakes among African Americans and non-Hispanic Whites in the Southern Community Cohort Study
Lisa B Signorello
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD20850, USA
Am J Epidemiol 171:488-97. 2010
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A nationwide followup study of autoimmune and connective tissue disease among hip and knee implant patientsLisa B Signorello
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
J Long Term Eff Med Implants 12:255-62. 2002
..After long-term followup, the associations we observed with polyarteritis nodosa and fibrositis could be the basis for future investigations...
- Reproducibility of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin d and vitamin D-binding protein levels over time in a prospective cohort study of black and white adults
Jennifer S Sonderman
International Epidemiology Institute, 1455 Research Blvd, Suite 550, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Am J Epidemiol 176:615-21. 2012
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- A multi-stage approach to maximizing geocoding success in a large population-based cohort study through automated and interactive processes
Jennifer S Sonderman
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Geospat Health 6:273-84. 2012
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- Adult weight gain and diabetes among African American and white adults in southeastern US communities
Sarah S Cohen
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Prev Med 49:476-81. 2009
..To examine associations between adult weight gain and diabetes among African Americans and Whites...
- Stillbirth and neonatal death in relation to radiation exposure before conception: a retrospective cohort study
Lisa B Signorello
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Lancet 376:624-30. 2010
..By studying the risk of untoward pregnancy outcomes, we indirectly assessed the risk of transmission of germline damage to the offspring of survivors of childhood cancer who were given radiotherapy and chemotherapy...
- Obesity and colorectal cancer screening among black and white adults
Sarah S Cohen
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Cancer Causes Control 23:709-16. 2012
..To examine whether body mass index is associated with reduced colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in a large population of black and white adults...
- Racial differences in serum cotinine levels of smokers
Lisa B Signorello
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Dis Markers 27:187-92. 2009
..We conclude that differences in cotinine levels among smokers suggest racial variation in exposure to and/or metabolism of tobacco smoke constituents, but our findings do not support a role for menthol preference in this disparity...
- A population-based cohort study of mortality among adults prescribed paracetamol in Denmark
Loren Lipworth
International Epidemiology Institute, 1455 Research Blvd, Suite 550, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 56:796-801. 2003
..We examined overall and cause-specific mortality in a population-based cohort of individuals prescribed paracetamol. We evaluated rates of death due to liver and renal disease, cancer, and other major causes of death...
- Individual and neighborhood-level socioeconomic characteristics in relation to smoking prevalence among black and white adults in the Southeastern United States: a cross-sectional study
Sarah S Cohen
International Epidemiology Institute, 1455 Research Blvd, Suite 550, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
BMC Public Health 11:877. 2011
..Recent work has examined whether neighborhood-level SES may affect smoking behavior independently from individual-level measures. However, few comparisons of neighborhood-level effects on smoking by race and gender are available...
- Female survivors of childhood cancer: preterm birth and low birth weight among their children
Lisa B Signorello
International Epidemiology Institute, 1455 Research Blvd, Ste 550, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 98:1453-61. 2006
..We investigated whether children of female childhood cancer survivors are at elevated risk of being born preterm or exhibiting restricted fetal growth and evaluated the associations of different cancer treatments on these outcomes...
- Estimating nutrient intake from a food frequency questionnaire: incorporating the elements of race and geographic region
Lisa B Signorello
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
Am J Epidemiol 170:104-11. 2009
..These types of refinements in nutrient databases can be considered a means of enhancing the accuracy of dietary estimation using FFQs...
- Obesity and recent mammography use among black and white women in the Southern Community Cohort Study (United States)
Sarah S Cohen
International Epidemiology Institute, 1455 Research Blvd, Suite 550, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Cancer Causes Control 18:765-73. 2007
..To examine the relationship between obesity and mammography use in a large population of black and white women...
- Incidence of cancer among patients with knee implants in Sweden, 1980-1994
Jon P Fryzek
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
Cancer 94:3057-62. 2002
..We investigated cancer occurrence in a nationwide population-based cohort of 30,011 patients who underwent knee replacement surgery in Sweden from 1980 to 1994...
- Common variation in vitamin D pathway genes predicts circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D Levels among African Americans
Lisa B Signorello
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
PLoS ONE 6:e28623. 2011
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- Confounding by indication: implications for implant research
Lisa B Signorello
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
J Long Term Eff Med Implants 13:63-8. 2003
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- Single leg separation prevalence among explanted Björk-Shiley prosthetic heart valves
William J Blot
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
J Heart Valve Dis 16:657-61. 2007
..Limited data are available on the prevalence of single leg separations (SLS) of the valves' outlet struts, a potential precursor to complete valve fracture...
- The reliability of dietary data for self- and next-of-kin respondents
Jon P Fryzek
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Ann Epidemiol 12:278-83. 2002
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- Confounding by indication in epidemiologic studies of commonly used analgesics
Lisa B Signorello
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Am J Ther 9:199-205. 2002
..In this article we review examples from the published literature to demonstrate how confounding by indication can affect the findings of pharmacoepidemiologic studies relating analgesic use to various health outcomes...
- Maternal caffeine consumption and spontaneous abortion: a review of the epidemiologic evidence
Lisa B Signorello
International Epidemiology Institute, 1455 Research Blvd, Suite 550, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Epidemiology 15:229-39. 2004
..Until studies can overcome these limitations, evidence for a causal link between caffeine and spontaneous abortion will remain inconclusive...
- Race and socioeconomic status are independently associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia
Jay H Fowke
Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37203 1738, USA
J Urol 180:2091-6; discussion 2096. 2008
..We investigated racial differences in and surgical intervention for benign prostatic hyperplasia in a large and predominantly low income population...
- Effects of obesity and height on prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and percentage of free PSA levels among African-American and Caucasian men
Jay H Fowke
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
Cancer 107:2361-7. 2006
..The association between body mass index (BMI) and height on PSA and percentage of free PSA (%fPSA) was investigated within AA and CA men without a prior prostate cancer diagnosis...
- Mammography use in the Southern Community Cohort Study (United States)
Yong Cui
Department of Internal Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN 37208, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 18:102-17. 2007
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- Use of colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy among African Americans and whites in a low-income population
Neeraja B Peterson
Prev Chronic Dis 5:A28. 2008
- Vitamin D insufficiency among African-Americans in the southeastern United States: implications for cancer disparities (United States)
Kathleen M Egan
Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN, USA
Cancer Causes Control 19:527-35. 2008
..To determine the prevalence and predictors of vitamin D insufficiency among black and white adult residents of the southern US...
- Correlates of high serum C-reactive protein levels in a socioeconomically disadvantaged population
Xianglan Zhang
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
Dis Markers 24:351-9. 2008
..Moreover, inflammatory response to obesity differed by race and sex, which may contribute to CVD disparities...
- Obesity and prostate cancer screening among African-American and Caucasian men
Jay H Fowke
Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Prostate 66:1371-80. 2006
..We investigated the relationship between obesity and PSA testing, and evaluated the role of prior diagnoses and disease screening on PSA testing patterns...
- Prostate cancer screening between low-income African-American and Caucasian men
Jay H Fowke
Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Urol Oncol 23:333-40. 2005
..We investigated racial differences in prostate cancer screening according to age and socioeconomic and demographic indices in a large and predominantly low-income population...
- Separate estimates of portion size were not essential for energy and nutrient estimation: results from the Southern Community Cohort food-frequency questionnaire pilot study
David G Schlundt
Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Public Health Nutr 10:245-51. 2007
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- A decline in breast-cancer incidence
Lisa B Signorello
N Engl J Med 357:512-3; author reply 513. 2007
- Colonoscopy screening in African Americans and Whites with affected first-degree relatives
Harvey J Murff
Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Nashville, TN 37203 1738, USA
Arch Intern Med 168:625-31. 2008
..Racial differences in colon cancer mortality could be related to variations in screening of increased-risk individuals...
- Effect of caffeine exposure during pregnancy on birth weight and gestational age
Britt Clausson
Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
Am J Epidemiol 155:429-36. 2002
..These results do not support an association between moderate caffeine consumption and reduced birth weight, gestational age, or fetal growth...
