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| Robert E RobertsSummaryAffiliation: Baylor College of Medicine Country: USA Publications
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Myozenin 2 is a novel gene for human hypertrophic cardiomyopathyAdriana Osio
Center for Cardiovascular Genetic Research, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Circ Res 100:766-8. 2007..It was absent in 2 normal family members and 517 controls. Both mutations affect highly conserved amino acids. We conclude MYOZ2 is a novel causal gene for human HCM...- One-year incidence of suicide attempts and associated risk and protective factors among adolescentsRobert E Roberts
University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, 77030, USA
Arch Suicide Res 14:66-78. 2010.... - Mental health problems of adolescents as reported by their caregivers: a comparison of European, African, and Latino AmericansRobert E Roberts
School of Public Health, University of Texas, 1200 Herman Pressler Dr, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Behav Health Serv Res 32:1-13. 2005.... - Rates of DSM-IV psychiatric disorders among adolescents in a large metropolitan areaRobert E Roberts
Division of Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Texas, Health Sciences Center at Houston, 1200 Herman Pressler Dr, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Psychiatr Res 41:959-67. 2007..Our results suggest commonality of prevalences and associated factors in diverse study settings, including urban and rural areas... - Ethnic differences in symptoms of insomnia among adolescentsRobert E Roberts
Division of Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, PO Box 20186, 1200 Herman Pressler Dr, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Sleep 29:359-65. 2006..To provide data on the prevalence of symptoms of disturbed sleep, particularly insomnia, and to ascertain whether there are differentials attributable to ethnic culture or ethnic status... - Prevalence of youth-reported DSM-IV psychiatric disorders among African, European, and Mexican American adolescentsRobert E Roberts
Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston 77030, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 45:1329-37. 2006.... - Comorbidity of substance use disorders and other psychiatric disorders among adolescents: evidence from an epidemiologic surveyRobert E Roberts
Division of Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, P O Box 20186, 1200 Herman Pressler Dr, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 88:S4-13. 2007.... - Persistence and change in symptoms of insomnia among adolescentsRobert E Roberts
Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Sleep 31:177-84. 2008..To estimate the incidence, chronicity, and remission of symptoms of insomnia and to examine factors associated with the incidence and chronicity of insomnia among adolescents... - Chronic insomnia and its negative consequences for health and functioning of adolescents: a 12-month prospective studyRobert E Roberts
Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Adolesc Health 42:294-302. 2008..To estimate prevalence and chronicity of insomnia and the impact of chronic insomnia on health and functioning of adolescents... - Restricted sleep among adolescents: prevalence, incidence, persistence, and associated factorsRobert E Roberts
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 77030, USA
Behav Sleep Med 9:18-30. 2011..Having multiple risk factors substantially increased risk of restricted sleep. Given the importance of sleep in this population, more focus is clearly needed, both clinically and epidemiologically... - One-year incidence of psychiatric disorders and associated risk factors among adolescents in the communityRobert E Roberts
Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 50:405-15. 2009..We have few data on incidence of psychiatric disorders among adolescents. This study examined first incidence of disorders among adolescents and baseline factors which increased or decreased risk of new onset cases a year later... - Symptoms of insomnia among adolescents in the lower Rio Grande Valley of TexasRobert E Roberts
University of Texas, School of Public Health, Houston 77037, USA
Sleep 27:751-60. 2004..To estimate the prevalence of symptoms of insomnia among adolescents living along the United States-Mexico border and to examine whether ethnicity and birthplace affect risk for such symptoms... - Sleepless in adolescence: prospective data on sleep deprivation, health and functioningRobert E Roberts
Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Adolesc 32:1045-57. 2009..The broad impact of sleep deprivation and its pervasiveness suggests interventions will need to focus on multilevel changes to increase sleep time and reduce the negative impact of sleep deprivation among adolescents... - Concordance of reports of mental health functioning by adolescents and their caregivers: a comparison of European, African and Latino AmericansRobert E Roberts
School of Public Health, University of Texas, Houston, Texas, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 193:528-34. 2005..Future research should examine whether the extent to which greater lack of concordance on the indicators of mental health by minority parent-child dyads plays a role in entry into and retention in mental health care... - The impact of a history of sexual abuse on high-risk sexual behaviors among females attending alternative schoolsRuth S Buzi
Teen Health Clinic, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Adolescence 38:595-605. 2003..The findings also highlight the importance of targeting adolescents who attend alternative schools... - Are Mexican American adolescents at greater risk of suicidal behaviors?Robert E Roberts
Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences in the School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA
Suicide Life Threat Behav 37:10-21. 2007..Although some studies have reported Mexican American youths are at increased risk, we did not find any differences. Possible explanations for disparate results across studies are discussed, in particular methods effects... - Disturbed sleep among adolescents living in 2 communities on the Texas-Mexico border, 2000-2003Adriana Perez
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Austin, TX 78701, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 7:A40. 2010..We estimated the prevalence of disturbed sleep and associated factors among ninth graders living on the Texas-Mexico border... - Psychometric properties of the DSM scale for depression (DSD) with Korean-American youthsHeeseung Choi
University of Texas Houston, Health Science Center, School of Nursing, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Issues Ment Health Nurs 23:735-56. 2002..The highest correlation coefficient was observed between depression and somatic symptoms (r =.61). These findings are informative for the design of further studies of mental health of Korean-American youths... - Positive well-being and sleepRobert E Roberts
The University of Texas, School of Public Health, USA
J Psychosom Res 64:417-8. 2008 - Physical activity and overweight among adolescents on the Texas-Mexico borderAdriana Perez
Division of Biostatistics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Brownsville, Texas, USA
Rev Panam Salud Publica 19:244-52. 2006..Since the extremely high prevalence of overweight among Mexican-American adolescents is well-recognized, we wanted to determine whether overweight has become a problem among Mexican adolescents as well... - Gender differences in the consequences of a coercive sexual experience among adolescents attending alternative schoolsRuth S Buzi
Teen Health Clinic, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Sch Health 73:191-6. 2003..More research focusing on the differential impact of a coercive sexual experience on males and females is crucial... - The power of positive emotions: it's a matter of life or death--subjective well-being and longevity over 28 years in a general populationJingping Xu
Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas Houston, School of Public Health, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Health Psychol 29:9-19. 2010.... - Culture and the social context of health inequalitiesCarol Leler Mansyur
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77098 3926, USA
Int J Health Serv 39:85-106. 2009..Only when all levels are taken into consideration is it possible to come up with effective, sustainable policies and interventions... - Intergenerational transmission of internalizing problems: effects of parental and grandparental major depressive disorder on child behaviorJeremy W Pettit
Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204 5022, USA
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 37:640-50. 2008..These effects were robust to statistical adjustments for status variables and parental relationship measures but not to adjustment for concurrent parental depressive symptoms... - Are the fat more jolly?Robert E Roberts
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, 77225, USA
Ann Behav Med 24:169-80. 2002..There has been sufficient disparity of results thus far to justify further research on this question... - [Molecular genetics of cardiomyopathies]Robert Roberts
Sección de Cardiología, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
Rev Esp Cardiol 55:292-302. 2002..Altogether the study of the molecular genetics of the cardiomyopathies should provide not only prognostic information but also new therapeutic alternatives... - The molecular cardiology laboratory at baylor college of medicineRobert Roberts
Section of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex 77030, USA
Cardiology 98:210-3. 2002 - Genetics and arrhythmiasRobert Roberts
Baylor College of Medicine, 6550 Fannin, Houston, Texas 77027, USA
Annu Rev Med 54:257-67. 2003..Treatments based on knowledge of the molecular defect are being implemented for long QT syndrome and will probably provide paradigms for targeted treatment of acquired arrhythmias... - Tissue Doppler imaging predicts the development of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in subjects with subclinical diseaseSherif F Nagueh
Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex, USA
Circulation 108:395-8. 2003..By studying these subjects at a later date, we sought to determine whether TDI predicts the subsequent evolution of the HCM phenotype... - Genetic basis for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: implications for diagnosis and treatmentRobert Roberts
Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Am Heart Hosp J 1:128-34. 2003..Clinical trials are ongoing in human familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy... - Impact of insomnia on future functioning of adolescentsRobert E Roberts
School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center, 1200 Herman Pressler, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Psychosom Res 53:561-9. 2002..To examine the impact of insomnia among adolescents on somatic, interpersonal, and psychological functioning using data from a two-wave, prospective study... - Genome-wide mapping of modifier chromosomal loci for human hypertrophic cardiomyopathyE Warwick Daw
Department of Epidemiology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Hum Mol Genet 16:2463-71. 2007.... - Differential interactions of thin filament proteins in two cardiac troponin T mouse models of hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathiesRaffaella Lombardi
Center for Cardiovascular Genetic Research, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center, 6770 Bertner Street, Suite C900A, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Cardiovasc Res 79:109-17. 2008..To test the hypothesis, we generated transgenic mice expressing either cardiac troponin T (cTnT)-Q92 or cTnT-W141, known to cause HCM and DCM, respectively, in the heart... - The cultural production of health inequalities: a cross-sectional, multilevel examination of 52 countriesCarol Leler Mansyur
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77098 3926, USA
Int J Health Serv 39:301-19. 2009..This study takes a step toward identifying some of the relevant cultural and structural influences. More research is needed to explore the pathways leading from the sociocultural environment to health inequalities... - Evolution of expression of cardiac phenotypes over a 4-year period in the beta-myosin heavy chain-Q403 transgenic rabbit model of human hypertrophic cardiomyopathySherif F Nagueh
Sections of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Mol Cell Cardiol 36:663-73. 2004..These findings in an animal model that recapitulates the phenotype of human HCM, implicate involvement of multiple independent mechanisms in the pathogenesis of cardiac phenotypes in HCM... - Aldosterone, through novel signaling proteins, is a fundamental molecular bridge between the genetic defect and the cardiac phenotype of hypertrophic cardiomyopathyNatalia Tsybouleva
Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Tex 77030, USA
Circulation 109:1284-91. 2004..The genetic basis of HCM is largely known; however, the molecular mediators of cardiac phenotypes are unknown... - Current concepts of the pathogenesis and treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathyRobert Roberts
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex, USA
Circulation 112:293-6. 2005 - Prevention of cardiac hypertrophy by atorvastatin in a transgenic rabbit model of human hypertrophic cardiomyopathyVinitha Senthil
Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, 519D, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Circ Res 97:285-92. 2005..The results indicate potential beneficial effects of atorvastatin in prevention of cardiac hypertrophy, a major determinant of morbidity in all forms of cardiovascular diseases, and beckon clinical studies in humans with HCM... - Determinants of cardiac electrophysiological properties in miceGregory O Appleton
Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, and The DeBakey Heart Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Interv Card Electrophysiol 11:5-14. 2004..The influence of these factors should be considered when characterizing the electrical phenotype of transgenic mice in cardiovascular research... - Transgenic mouse model of ventricular preexcitation and atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia induced by an AMP-activated protein kinase loss-of-function mutation responsible for Wolff-Parkinson-White syndromeJasvinder S Sidhu
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex, USA
Circulation 111:21-9. 2005..The human phenotype consists of ventricular preexcitation, conduction abnormalities, and cardiac hypertrophy... - Impact of spouses' sleep problems on partnersWilliam J Strawbridge
Institute for Health and Aging, San Francisco, Calif 94118 0646, USA
Sleep 27:527-31. 2004..To analyze relationships between spouses' sleep problems and their partners' physical health, mental health, well-being, social involvement, and marital quality in a sample of older persons... - Stress within a bicultural context for adolescents of Mexican descentAndrea J Romero
Mexican American Studies and Research Center, University of Arizona, P O Box 210023, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol 9:171-84. 2003..S.-born and immigrant youths. Although this study has identified some elements of stress, it has not identified positive coping mechanisms of the bicultural context for Latino youths... - Ethnic differences in adolescents' mental distress, social stress, and resourcesHeeseung Choi
College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 S Damen Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
Adolescence 41:263-83. 2006..Identified ethnic minority adolescents are vulnerable groups who require additional research and attention from health care providers... - Adolescent students who work: gender differences in school performances and self-perceived healthVilma S Santana
Program of Environmental and Workers Health, Institute of Collective Health, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
Int J Occup Environ Health 11:294-301. 2005..Brazilian labor legislation for adolescent workers needs to be revised to take into account that jobs can compromise educational achievement... - Acculturation, ethnic identity, and dating violence among Latino ninth-grade studentsMaureen Sanderson
University of Texas Houston School of Public Health at Brownsville, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
Prev Med 39:373-83. 2004..None of these studies have focused on adolescents. We assessed acculturation, ethnic identity, and dating violence victimization among Latino ninth-grade students... - Physical activity reduces the risk of subsequent depression for older adultsWilliam J Strawbridge
Human Population Laboratory, Public Health Institute, Berkeley, CA 94704 1011, USA
Am J Epidemiol 156:328-34. 2002..79, 95% CI: 0.67, 0.92). Findings support the protective effects of physical activity on depression for older adults and argue against excluding disabled subjects from similar studies... - Short sleep duration across income, education, and race/ethnic groups: population prevalence and growing disparities during 34 years of follow-upKatherine A Stamatakis
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Ann Epidemiol 17:948-55. 2007..Little is known about population determinants of short sleep duration. The authors examined associations between short sleep duration and income, education and race/ethnicity, and assessed changes over time in relative disparities...
Research Grants
- Epidemiology of Disturbed Sleep Among AdolescentsRobert Roberts; Fiscal Year: 2006..Data will be collected using laptop computers and audio-computer assisted self-interview (ACASI) technology. ..