L Rosenberg

..Invasive cervical cancer is the commonest cause of cancer morbidity and mortality in South African women. This study provides information on adult women's sexual activity and cervical cancer risk in South Africa...

..The aim of this study was to determine the risk of cervical pre-cancer and cancer among HIV positive women in South Africa...

..They raise the possibility of an inverse association with long-term nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use...

..Experimental evidence raises the possibility that acetaminophen use could reduce the risk of myocardial infarction (MI). We assessed the relation of acetaminophen use, and also of aspirin use, to first MI in a case-control study...

..The purpose of the present study was to assess patterns and correlates of alcohol consumption among African-American women...

..98 (95% confidence interval, 0.78-1.39). These results suggest that hair relaxer use does not increase the incidence of breast cancer in African American women...

..Our aim was to assess the relation of female hormone use to incidence of breast cancer in black women, with attention to differences in effect according to body mass index...

..Studies of oral contraceptives (OCs) containing 50 microg or more of estrogen suggest an increased risk of myocardial infarction (MI) among current users, particularly if they smoke heavily...

..We assessed whether bone loss is completely reversible after cessation of IPC use, whether different IPCs have different effects and whether effects vary by age at first use...

..We assessed individual-level and group-level socioeconomic predictors of regular mammography use in a large cohort of African-American women...

..To assess whether hair-relaxer use is associated with an increased risk of preterm birth among African-American women...

..The influence of physical activity on colorectal adenomas among African-American women is of particular interest because African-American women have an increased risk of colon cancer relative to other U.S. women...

..These results suggest that OC use is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer diagnosed in recent years...

..We assessed whether the association is explained by more frequent detection of early renal cell cancer among persons being treated for hypertension...

..To assess correlates of the use of postmenopausal female hormone supplements among black women...

..Because racial discrimination might contribute to their excess of preterm births, we assessed experiences of racism in relation to preterm birth among African-American women...

..The effect of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) on the risk of breast cancer is unclear. We assessed the association in a hospital-based case-control study...

..There are few data on black women. We evaluated adult height in relation to breast cancer in data from the Black Women's Health Study, a prospective cohort study of 64,530 African-American women aged 18-69 years at baseline in 1995...

..These data suggest that regular continuing NSAID use may be associated with reduced risk of stomach cancer. For the other sites, the data are consistent with no effect of NSAID use...

..No consistent patterns were observed for other forms of hormonal contraception. Reproductive history is an important determinant of leiomyomata risk in premenopausal US Black women. Progestin-only injectables may reduce risk...

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..Efforts to reduce the alarming rate of diabetes in African-American women must focus on both individual lifestyle changes and structural changes in disadvantaged neighborhoods...

..These observational data suggest that black women might reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes by increasing their time spent walking or engaged in vigorous physical activity and by limiting television watching...

..However, the number of cases of liver cancer in the United States that are attributable to oral contraceptive use is probably small, because liver cancer is extremely rare in the United States...

..S. Although the Papanicolaou (Pap) smear is an efficacious screening tool in the early detection of the disease, disparities are known to persist in the utilization of this procedure across socioeconomic groups...

..We successfully used the shorter range of LD in our AA sample to refine the localization of the putative causal variant...

..These results suggest that contextual factors (at both the neighborhood and state level) play a role in Black women's smoking behaviors over and above individual characteristics...

..Tobacco, alcohol and caffeine consumption may influence risk of uterine leiomyomata via changes in ovarian function or hormone metabolism...

..The prevalence of use was lowest among African Americans, with a possible decline in recent years, whereas Hispanics take the greatest number of products...

..Previous studies have found a positive association between hypertension and risk of hysterectomy-confirmed uterine leiomyomata (UL). The association of hypertension with UL confirmed by ultrasound or other surgery is less clear...

..These data suggest that follow-up of a mobile population of African-American women can be successful...

..We assessed recent mammography use in a large national study, the Black Women's Health Study...

..Because of the widespread use of Prostate-Specific Antigen testing for early detection of prostate cancer, potential detection bias needs to be considered in future studies of prostate cancer...

..There are few data on this topic in black women, among whom the prevalence of obesity and asthma is high...

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..We examined the relation between median housing value and hypertension risk among US Black women...

..Our objective was to examine the association of regular use of ASA and NANSAIDs with lung cancer...

..Previous studies of carbohydrate quality and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus have yielded inconsistent findings. Because diet is in part culturally determined, a study of dietary factors in US black women is of interest...

..To examine the association between polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and the risk of uterine leiomyomata (UL)...

..Black women also report higher levels of racial discrimination. We evaluated the hypothesis that greater exposure to racism increases myoma risk in black women...

..3 million US adults are taking opioids regularly in any given week. Information on the prevalence and characteristics of use is important as opioids are one of the most widely prescribed classes of drugs in the US...

..Many studies have evaluated the association between vitamin and mineral supplement use and the risk of prostate cancer, with inconclusive results...

..The use of a Web questionnaire in the BWHS resulted in cost savings and more complete responses. Although there are advantages to using a Web questionnaire, the use of multiple means of soliciting questionnaire responses is still needed...

..Numerous studies have reported inverse associations of coffee, tea, and alcohol intake with risk of type 2 diabetes, but none has reported results separately among African American women...

..We prospectively examined the relation of tea and coffee consumption to risk of breast cancer among 52,062 women aged 21-69 at enrollment in 1995 in the Black Women's Health Study...

..We carried out the first assessment of the effect of oral contraceptive use on the incidence of breast cancer classified by receptor status among African American women, a group disproportionately affected by ER(-) cancer...

..In the United States, black women are most frequently and most severely affected. There have been few epidemiologic studies of sarcoidosis focusing on black women...

..Because linkage disequilibrium blocks are smaller in populations of African ancestry, fine-mapping in African ancestry samples might be an effective approach to narrowing the position of the causal variant(s) in the TOX3/LOC643714 locus...

..The associations were most evident among BWHS participants who had graduated from college. These prospective data suggest that lower neighborhood SES contributes to overweight and obesity in African-American women...

..Previous epidemiologic studies suggest that a high GL is a risk factor for endometrial and ovarian cancers, which, like UL, are hormone-responsive tumors...

..Our objective was to examine the association between consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, weight gain, and incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in African American women...

..The purpose of the present analyses was to update the findings by cancer stage and to evaluate the joint use of statins and NSAIDs...

..68, 0.89) for milk. Soy intake was unrelated to uterine leiomyomata risk. This large prospective study of black women provides the first epidemiologic evidence of reduced uterine leiomyomata risk associated with dairy consumption...

..The findings suggest that increased exposure to estrogen during the reproductive years may play a role in the development of pancreatic cancer in women. Further studies are needed to confirm the findings...

..Relatively little research has been conducted on familial breast cancer in African American women...

..We assessed the association of colorectal cancer risk with SSRI and tricyclic antidepressant use in our hospital-based Case Control Surveillance Study...

..We examined the association between childhood abuse and early menarche in a sample of US Black women...

..Obesity is more common in black women than in white women. Racial discrimination is a form of chronic stress that may influence weight...

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..The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the association between statin use and various types of cancer in our hospital-based case-control surveillance study...

..A growing body of evidence suggests that physical activity might reduce the risk of depressive symptoms, but there are limited data on Black women...

..0 in separate analyses of male, female, Black, and White subjects. The results of this study do not support the hypothesis that smoking menthol cigarettes increases the risk of lung cancer relative to smoking nonmenthol cigarettes...

..Risk factors for non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) are largely unknown. Several studies have examined the relation of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use to the risk of NHL, with inconsistent results...

..Unique experiences associated with "race," such as racism, may adversely affect health. Our goal is to assess whether racism is associated with the occurrence of hypertension in African-American women...

..Outcomes of interest were within group participation rates, yield of DNA, and PCR success...

..We estimated overall and age-specific incidence rates for self-reported uterine leiomyomata in a large cohort of African-American women in the United States...

..To estimate whether use of alternative drugs to treat menopausal symptoms (e.g., selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors [SSRIs], soy) has increased...

..In conclusion, long-term regular use of NSAIDs was associated with decreased risk of breast cancer. The type of NSAID used or the hormone receptor status of the tumor did not modify the effect...

..The benefits of herbal and other natural products (dietary supplements) are increasingly cited in the media. Dramatic increases in use reported during the last decade have led to growing concerns about efficacy and safety...

..Despite inconsistencies in the data, these results strengthen the evidence that cigarette smoking may play a role in the development of mucinous ovarian cancer but not ovarian cancer of other cell types...

..Data on the range of prescription and over-the-counter drug use in the United States are not available...

..This study assessed predictors of the onset of natural menopause in African American women...

..To explore whether differences in childbearing patterns can explain this observation, we assessed the relation of several childbearing variables to breast cancer risk in a large prospective cohort study of U.S. African-American women...

..We investigated the influence of cimetidine use on the risk of breast cancer in our hospital-based case control surveillance study...

..The inverse association of alcohol consumption with SLE found in studies of prevalent disease may have resulted from women with SLE giving up drinking...

..To prospectively assess the influence of bearing a first, second, or later child on weight gain among African-American women in the context of other risk factors...

..The present findings confirm the potential importance of the 10p12 locus in the etiology of sarcoidosis...

..A multicenter case-control study of gestational trophoblastic tumors was undertaken to test this hypothesis...

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..We used data from a population-based case control study of medication use and colorectal cancer to evaluate the hypothesis...

..We prospectively investigated the risk of self-reported uterine leiomyomata in relation to body mass index (BMI), weight change, height, waist and hip circumferences, and waist-to-hip ratio in a large cohort of U.S black women...

..These findings suggest that perceived experiences of racism are associated with increased incidence of breast cancer among US Black women, particularly younger women...

..More importantly, the modified Gail Model (GM-B) does a worse job at predicting the development of breast cancer for blacks than the original model (GM)...

..In the present study, we assessed the relation of statin use to the risk of breast and prostate cancer in our hospital-based Case-Control Surveillance Study of Drugs and Serious Illnesses...

..We conducted a population-based case-control study to assess this association with respect to statin type, dose, and duration of use...

..However, correlations among the other factors were weaker among older women. We conclude that four-factor structure of the CES-D is supported for African American women, but the relationships among the factors vary with age...

..Cervical cancer is caused by specific types of the human papilloma virus (HPV), but not all infected women develop cancer. It has been hypothesized that hormonal contraceptives may potentiate the oncogenicity of HPV infection...

..We examined the association of BMI, abdominal obesity, and weight gain with risk of type 2 diabetes...

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..7 (95% confidence interval: 0.4, 1.5) for use of 4 or more years. Odds ratios were not elevated for any specific SSRI. These data provide some assurance that the use of SSRIs does not increase the risk of breast cancer...

..It does not seem to have an equivalent effect among cases, and in the worst case it may insult or annoy some cases who may otherwise have participated...

..We prospectively examined the association between selected anthropometric factors and colorectal polyps in African-American women...

..Further, there has been little study of abortion and breast cancer in African-American women. We assessed the relation of abortion to risk of breast cancer in a prospective follow-up study of African-American women...

..We examined magnesium, calcium, and major food sources in relation to type 2 diabetes in African-American women...

..We hypothesized that the act of performing a Pap smear may trigger an immune response to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and thus reduce the risk of cervical cancer...

..42, P<.01); moderate (r=.26, P<.05); and vigorous activities (r=.41, P<.01). CONCLUSIONS: The BWHS PAQ is a useful measure of physical activity in the BWHS cohort and thus has utility in prospective epidemiologic research...

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