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Lifetime abuse victimization and risk of uterine leiomyomata in black womenLauren A Wise
Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University, Boston, MA Electronic address
Am J Obstet Gynecol 208:272.e1-272.e13. 2013..Previous studies have linked UL to psychosocial stress, including child abuse. We assessed the association between lifetime abuse victimization and UL among 9910 premenopausal women...- African ancestry and genetic risk for uterine leiomyomataLauren A Wise
Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University, 1010 Commonwealth Avenue, 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Am J Epidemiol 176:1159-68. 2012.... - Association of intrauterine and early life factors with uterine leiomyomata in black womenLauren A Wise
Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Ann Epidemiol 22:847-54. 2012..We assessed the association of UL with selected intrauterine and early life factors, expanding on previous research by using a prospective design and validated data on exposure and disease... - A prospective cohort study of physical activity and time to pregnancyLauren A Wise
Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Fertil Steril 97:1136-42.e1-4. 2012..To investigate the association between leisure-time physical activity (PA) and fecundability... - Hair relaxer use and risk of uterine leiomyomata in African-American womenLauren A Wise
Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Am J Epidemiol 175:432-40. 2012..99, 1.27), and 1.15 (95% CI: 1.01, 1.31), respectively (P(trend) = 0.002). Risk was unrelated to age at first use or type of formulation. These findings raise the hypothesis that hair relaxer use increases uterine leiomyomata risk... - An internet-based prospective study of body size and time-to-pregnancyLauren A Wise
Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Hum Reprod 25:253-64. 2010..Recent studies have shown that both female and male obesity may delay time-to-pregnancy (TTP). Little is known about central adiposity or weight gain and fecundability in women... 
Time to pregnancy and secondary sex ratio in men exposed prenatally to diethylstilbestrolLauren A Wise
Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Am J Epidemiol 166:765-74. 2007..92 (95% confidence interval: 0.80, 1.04) comparing the exposed with the unexposed. In conclusion, prenatal DES exposure was not associated with a significant decrease in either fecundability or secondary sex ratio...- Abuse victimization and risk of breast cancer in the Black Women's Health Study [corrected]Lauren A Wise
Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, 1010 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Cancer Causes Control 22:659-69. 2011..Our data suggest an increased risk of breast cancer among African-American women who reported physical abuse in adulthood, but there was little evidence of a dose-response relation. These results require confirmation in other studies... - A prospective cohort study of menstrual characteristics and time to pregnancyLauren A Wise
Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University, 1010 Commonwealth Avenue, Fourth Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Am J Epidemiol 174:701-9. 2011..In the present study, shorter cycle length was associated with delayed time to pregnancy. Age at menarche, time to menstrual regularization, and duration or intensity of menstrual flow were not appreciably associated with fecundability... - Prepregnancy body size, gestational weight gain, and risk of preterm birth in African-American womenLauren A Wise
Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Epidemiology 21:243-52. 2010..There is also uncertainty about optimal gestational weight gain among Black women... - A prospective study of dairy intake and risk of uterine leiomyomataLauren A Wise
Slone Epidemiology Center, 1010 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Am J Epidemiol 171:221-32. 2010..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... - A prospective study of diabetes, lifestyle factors, and glaucoma among African-American womenLauren A Wise
Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University, MA 02215, USA
Ann Epidemiol 21:430-9. 2011..To evaluate the association of self-reported type 2 diabetes, anthropometric factors, alcohol consumption, and cigarette smoking with risk of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) in a prospective cohort study of African-American women... - Physical activity and semen quality among men attending an infertility clinicLauren A Wise
Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Fertil Steril 95:1025-30. 2011..To examine the association between regular physical activity and semen quality... - Intake of fruit, vegetables, and carotenoids in relation to risk of uterine leiomyomataLauren A Wise
Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University, MA 02215, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 94:1620-31. 2011..US black women have higher rates of uterine leiomyomata (UL) and lower intakes of fruit and vegetables than do white women. Whether fruit and vegetable intake is associated with UL in black women has not been studied... - Reproductive factors, hormonal contraception, and risk of uterine leiomyomata in African-American women: a prospective studyLauren A Wise
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Am J Epidemiol 159:113-23. 2004..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... - Anthropometric characteristics and risk of uterine leiomyomaKathryn L Terry
Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Epidemiology 18:758-63. 2007..Sex steroid hormones and growth factors have been hypothesized to play a role in their development, and anthropometric characteristics may influence uterine leiomyoma risk... - Risk of uterine leiomyomata in relation to tobacco, alcohol and caffeine consumption in the Black Women's Health StudyLauren A Wise
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Hum Reprod 19:1746-54. 2004..Tobacco, alcohol and caffeine consumption may influence risk of uterine leiomyomata via changes in ovarian function or hormone metabolism... - Childhood abuse and risk of eating disorders in womenBeth B Rayworth
Obstetrics and Gynecology Epidemiology Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Epidemiology 15:271-8. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: The present study provides additional evidence of an association between preadolescent trauma and psychiatric morbidity... - Exposure to breast milk in infancy and risk of breast cancerLauren A Wise
Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Cancer Causes Control 20:1083-90. 2009..Likewise, we found no association between breastfeeding duration and risk of breast cancer. Our results did not support the hypothesis that exposure to breast milk in infancy influences the risk of adult breast cancer... - Perceived racism in relation to weight change in the Black Women's Health StudyYvette C Cozier
Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, MA 02215, USA
Ann Epidemiol 19:379-87. 2009..Obesity is more common in black women than in white women. Racial discrimination is a form of chronic stress that may influence weight... - Childhood abuse and early menarche: findings from the black women's health studyLauren A Wise
Slone Epidemiology Center, 1010 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Am J Public Health 99:S460-6. 2009..We examined the association between childhood abuse and early menarche in a sample of US Black women... - Urogenital abnormalities in men exposed to diethylstilbestrol in utero: a cohort studyJulie R Palmer
Slone Epidemiology Center of Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Environ Health 8:37. 2009..Diethylstilbestrol (DES), a synthetic estrogen widely prescribed to pregnant women during the 1940s70s, has been shown to cause reproductive problems in the daughters. Studies of prenatally-exposed males have yielded conflicting results... 
Anthropometric risk factors for colorectal polyps in African-American womenLauren A Wise
Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:859-68. 2008..We prospectively examined the association between selected anthropometric factors and colorectal polyps in African-American women...- A successful implementation of e-epidemiology: the Danish pregnancy planning study 'Snart-Gravid'Krista F Huybrechts
Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Eur J Epidemiol 25:297-304. 2010..The successful conduct of this pilot study suggests that the internet may be a useful tool to recruit and follow subjects in prospective cohort studies... - Dietary glycemic index and load in relation to risk of uterine leiomyomata in the Black Women's Health StudyRose G Radin
Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 91:1281-8. 2010..Previous epidemiologic studies suggest that a high GL is a risk factor for endometrial and ovarian cancers, which, like UL, are hormone-responsive tumors... - Oral contraceptive use and estrogen/progesterone receptor-negative breast cancer among African American womenLynn Rosenberg
Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University, 1010 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19:2073-9. 2010..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... - Fruit and vegetable intake in relation to risk of breast cancer in the Black Women's Health StudyDeborah A Boggs
Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Am J Epidemiol 172:1268-79. 2010.... - Validation of a small set of ancestral informative markers for control of population admixture in African AmericansEdward A Ruiz-Narváez
Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Am J Epidemiol 173:587-92. 2011..0001). A set of 200 AIMs gave an almost perfect correlation with the entire set (r = 0.98; P < 0.0001). These results show that a small number of AIMs are sufficiently precise to estimate European admixture in African Americans... - A prospective study of induced abortion and breast cancer in African-American womenJulie R Palmer
Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University School of Public Health, 1010 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Cancer Causes Control 15:105-11. 2004..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... - Neighborhood socioeconomic status in relation to 10-year weight gain in the Black Women's Health StudyPatricia F Coogan
Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:2064-5. 2010..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... - Perceived racial discrimination and risk of uterine leiomyomataLauren A Wise
Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Epidemiology 18:747-57. 2007..Black women also report higher levels of racial discrimination. We evaluated the hypothesis that greater exposure to racism increases myoma risk in black women... - Predictors of subsequent surgery for uterine leiomyomata after abdominal myomectomyElizabeth A Stewart
Center for Uterine Fibroids and Ob Gyn Epidemiology Center, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Obstet Gynecol 99:426-32. 2002..To study factors associated with an increased risk of subsequent surgery in a cohort of women undergoing abdominal myomectomy... - Racial discrimination and the incidence of hypertension in US black womenYvette Cozier
Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Ann Epidemiol 16:681-7. 2006..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... - A multilevel study of socioeconomic predictors of regular mammography use among African-American womenLynn Rosenberg
Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, 1010 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:2628-33. 2005..We assessed individual-level and group-level socioeconomic predictors of regular mammography use in a large cohort of African-American women... - Hair-relaxer use and risk of preterm birth among African-American womenLynn Rosenberg
Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Ethn Dis 15:768-72. 2005..To assess whether hair-relaxer use is associated with an increased risk of preterm birth among African-American women... - Hypospadias in sons of women exposed to diethylstilbestrol in uteroJulie R Palmer
Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Epidemiology 16:583-6. 2005..Dutch investigators have reported a 20-fold increase in risk of hypospadias among sons of women who were exposed to DES in utero. We assessed this relation in data from an ongoing study of DES-exposed persons... - Influence of body size and body fat distribution on risk of uterine leiomyomata in U.S. black womenLauren A Wise
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 1010 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Epidemiology 16:346-54. 2005..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... - Age-specific incidence rates for self-reported uterine leiomyomata in the Black Women's Health StudyLauren A Wise
Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Obstet Gynecol 105:563-8. 2005..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... - Risk of benign gynecologic tumors in relation to prenatal diethylstilbestrol exposureLauren A Wise
Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Obstet Gynecol 105:167-73. 2005..To investigate the association between prenatal diethylstilbestrol (DES) exposure and risk of benign gynecologic tumors... - A prospective study of the effect of childbearing on weight gain in African-American womenLynn Rosenberg
Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Obes Res 11:1526-35. 2003..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... - Dual effect of parity on breast cancer risk in African-American womenJulie R Palmer
Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 95:478-83. 2003..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... - Onset of natural menopause in African American womenJulie R Palmer
Slone Epidemiology Unit, Boston University School of Public Health, Mass 02215, USA
Am J Public Health 93:299-306. 2003..This study assessed predictors of the onset of natural menopause in African American women... - Perceptions of racial discrimination and the risk of preterm birthLynn Rosenberg
Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, MA 02115, USA
Epidemiology 13:646-52. 2002..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... - A prospective study of female hormone use and breast cancer among black womenLynn Rosenberg
Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, Boston, Mass, USA
Arch Intern Med 166:760-5. 2006..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... - The timing of alcohol use and sexual initiation among a sample of Black, Hispanic, and White adolescentsEmily F Rothman
Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
J Ethn Subst Abuse 8:129-45. 2009..Compared to White males, Black males were less likely to report having had sex without using a condom or birth control after drinking in the past month and during their lifetimes... - Polycystic ovary syndrome and risk of uterine leiomyomataLauren A Wise
Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Fertil Steril 87:1108-15. 2007..To examine the association between polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and the risk of uterine leiomyomata (UL)... - A prospective study of body size and breast cancer in black womenJulie R Palmer
Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University, 1010 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:1795-802. 2007.... - Secondary sex ratio among women exposed to diethylstilbestrol in uteroLauren A Wise
Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Environ Health Perspect 115:1314-9. 2007..Previous studies have suggested an association between endocrine-disrupting compounds and secondary sex ratio... - Prenatal diethylstilbestrol exposure and risk of breast cancerJulie R Palmer
Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, 1010 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:1509-14. 2006..The findings support the hypothesis that prenatal hormone levels influence breast cancer risk... - Relation between neighborhood median housing value and hypertension risk among black women in the United StatesYvette C Cozier
Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Am J Public Health 97:718-24. 2007..We examined the relation between median housing value and hypertension risk among US Black women... - A follow-up study of physical activity and incidence of colorectal polyps in African-American womenLynn Rosenberg
Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, 1010 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:1438-42. 2006..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... - Age at natural menopause in women exposed to diethylstilbestrol in uteroElizabeth E Hatch
Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Epidemiol 164:682-8. 2006..Age at menopause has been related, albeit inconsistently, to several exposures, but, to the authors' knowledge, this is the first study to suggest that a prenatal exposure may influence reproductive lifespan... - Leisure time physical activity in relation to depressive symptoms in the Black Women's Health StudyLauren A Wise
Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University School of Public Health, MA 02215, USA
Ann Behav Med 32:68-76. 2006..A growing body of evidence suggests that physical activity might reduce the risk of depressive symptoms, but there are limited data on Black women... - Preterm birth, fetal growth, and age at menarche among women exposed prenatally to diethylstilbestrol (DES)Elizabeth E Hatch
Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Reprod Toxicol 31:151-7. 2011..16; 95% CI=0.97, 1.39). This study provides evidence that prenatal DES exposure was associated with fetal growth and gestational length, which may mediate associations between DES and health outcomes in later life... - Prepregnancy depressive symptoms and preterm birth in the Black Women's Health StudyGhasi S Phillips
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Ann Epidemiol 20:8-15. 2010..To examine the association between prepregnancy depressive symptoms and preterm birth... - Income incongruity, relative household income, and preterm birth in the Black Women's Health StudyGhasi S Phillips
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Soc Sci Med 68:2122-8. 2009.... - A prospective analysis of alcohol consumption and onset of perimenopauseGhasi S Phillips
Harvard School of Public Health, Epidemiology, Kresge Building, 9th Floor, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Maturitas 56:263-72. 2007..Specific types of alcoholic beverages - red wine, white wine, beer, and liquor - were evaluated... - Depression and its influence on reproductive endocrine and menstrual cycle markers associated with perimenopause: the Harvard Study of Moods and CyclesBernard L Harlow
Obstetrics and Gynecology Epidemiology Center, Brigham and Women s Hospital, 221 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 60:29-36. 2003..Few studies have determined the impact of a lifetime history of major depression on an early transition to menopause... - Menstrual and reproductive characteristics of women whose mothers were exposed in utero to diethylstilbestrol (DES)Linda Titus-Ernstoff
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, and the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
Int J Epidemiol 35:862-8. 2006..We report menstrual and reproductive characteristics in a unique cohort comprising daughters of women exposed prenatally to DES... - Offspring of women exposed in utero to diethylstilbestrol (DES): a preliminary report of benign and malignant pathology in the third generationLinda Titus-Ernstoff
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, and the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
Epidemiology 19:251-7. 2008..Specifically, these studies show an elevated incidence of reproductive tumors in the female offspring of prenatally-exposed mice...
Research Grants
- Genetic Admixture Study of Uterine Fibroids in African American WomenLauren A Wise; Fiscal Year: 2010..The proposed study has great potential to help explain the excess incidence of UL among African American women. ..
- Genetic Admixture Study of Uterine Fibroids in African American WomenLauren A Wise; Fiscal Year: 2011..The proposed study has great potential to help explain the excess incidence of UL among African American women. ..