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| Umed A AjaniSummaryAffiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country: USA Publications
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Aspirin use among U.S. adults: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemUmed A Ajani
Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Am J Prev Med 30:74-7. 2006..A Healthy People 2010 objective calls for increasing the proportion of people with diabetes aged>or=40 years who take aspirin>or=15 times per month...- Examining the coverage of influenza vaccination among people with cardiovascular disease in the United StatesUmed A Ajani
Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Am Heart J 149:254-9. 2005..People with chronic cardiovascular conditions are at increased risk of developing complications from relative common influenza infection... - Low prevalence of influenza vaccination among people with cardiovascular disease--BRFSSUmed A Ajani
Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Am J Prev Med 29:31-5. 2005..People with cardiovascular disease are at high risk of complication from influenza. However, little is known about influenza vaccine coverage among this population... - Distribution of lifestyle and emerging risk factors by 10-year risk for coronary heart diseaseUmed A Ajani
Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 13:745-52. 2006..Recently, additional risk factors not included in the Framingham algorithm have received much attention and may help improve risk assessment. We examined the distributions of lifestyle and emerging risk factors by 10-year risk of CHD... - Sodium intake among people with normal and high blood pressureUmed A Ajani
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Am J Prev Med 29:63-7. 2005..Healthy People 2010 goals are to increase the proportion of persons who consume 2400 mg or less of sodium daily. We examined daily sodium intake among people with and without high blood pressure... - Has the risk for coronary heart disease changed among U.S. adults?Umed A Ajani
Division of Adult and Community Health, Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 48:1177-82. 2006..The objective of this study was to compare the 10-year risk of developing coronary heart disease (CHD) among U.S adults during the years 1988 to 1994 with that among U.S. adults during the years 1999 to 2002... - Two approaches of coronary risk assessment--do they work?Umed A Ajani
The Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am J Cardiol 97:765-7. 2006..In conclusion, the low-density lipoprotein goals were not clear for a sizable proportion of participants, especially using the second approach, and may lead to less intensive intervention... - Prevalence of high C-reactive protein in persons with serum lipid concentrations within recommended valuesUmed A Ajani
Department of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Clin Chem 50:1618-22. 2004..The number of normolipidemic individuals who are eligible for evaluation of CRP in overall CHD risk assessment is not known... - Dietary fiber and C-reactive protein: findings from national health and nutrition examination survey dataUmed A Ajani
Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Nutr 134:1181-5. 2004..Our findings indicate that fiber intake is independently associated with serum CRP concentration and support the recommendation of a diet with a high fiber content... 
Melanoma survival in the United States, 1992 to 2005Lori A Pollack
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 65:S78-86. 2011..Population-based data on melanoma survival are important for understanding the impact of demographic and clinical factors on prognosis...- Association of cutaneous melanoma incidence with area-based socioeconomic indicators-United States, 2004-2006Simple D Singh
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 65:S58-68. 2011..Examination of the relationship between melanoma and SES at the national level in the United States is limited. Expanding knowledge of this association is needed to improve early detection and eliminate disparities... - Distribution of serum concentrations of alpha-tocopherol and gamma-tocopherol in the US populationEarl S Ford
Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 84:375-83. 2006..Although the population distribution of serum concentrations of alpha-tocopherol has been described in the United States, little is known about the distribution of gamma-tocopherol or the ratio of alpha-tocopherol to gamma-tocopherol... - Sedentary behavior, physical activity, and the metabolic syndrome among U.S. adultsEarl S Ford
Division of Adult and Community Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Obes Res 13:608-14. 2005..We examined the associations among physical activity, sedentary behavior, and metabolic syndrome in a representative sample of U.S. adults... 
Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975-2005, featuring trends in lung cancer, tobacco use, and tobacco controlAhmedin Jemal
Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA 30303 1002, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 100:1672-94. 2008..This year's report includes trends in lung cancer incidence and death rates, tobacco use, and tobacco control by state of residence...- Trends in endometrial cancer incidence rates in the United States, 1999-2006Linh M Duong
Cancer Surveillance Branch, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 20:1157-63. 2011..We investigated trends in endometrial cancer histologic subtypes on a national level during 1999-2006... - The impact of cognitive functioning on mortality and the development of functional disability in older adults with diabetes: the second longitudinal study on agingLisa C McGuire
Division of Adult and Community Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, MS K 66, Atlanta, GA 30328, USA
BMC Geriatr 6:8. 2006.... - Health-related quality of life and health risk behaviors among smokersTara W Strine
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Am J Prev Med 28:182-7. 2005..It is well established that smoking has detrimental effects on physical health, but its associations with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and a variety of health behaviors have not been widely investigated in the U.S. population... - Tooth loss and heart disease: findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemCatherine A Okoro
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Am J Prev Med 29:50-6. 2005..The purpose of this study was to examine the association between tooth loss and heart disease... - Brief communication: The prevalence of high intake of vitamin E from the use of supplements among U.S. adultsEarl S Ford
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Ann Intern Med 143:116-20. 2005..8 IU per day. LIMITATIONS: Information about vitamin E intake was self-reported. CONCLUSIONS: The use of vitamin E supplements in dosages of at least 400 IU per day is common among U.S. adults... - The metabolic syndrome and concentrations of C-reactive protein among U.S. youthEarl S Ford
Divion of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, MS K66, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Diabetes Care 28:878-81. 2005..Adults with the metabolic syndrome show biochemical evidence of low-grade inflammation. We sought to examine whether this is true among U.S. youth with the metabolic syndrome... - Cognitive functioning in late life: the impact of moderate alcohol consumptionLisa C McGuire
Division of Adult and Communty Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Ann Epidemiol 17:93-9. 2007..Sex differences in the association between moderate alcohol consumption and cognitive functioning were examined during 4 years... - Trends in risk factors for cardiovascular disease among children and adolescents in the United StatesEarl S Ford
Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy, MS K66, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Pediatrics 114:1534-44. 2004..The increasing prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents in recent decades might have affected trends in obesity-associated risk factors for cardiovascular disease... - Evaluating quality of census tract data in the NPCR datasetSimple Singh
Cancer Surveillance Branch, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Coordinating Center for Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Mail Stop K 53 Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
J Registry Manag 36:143-6. 2009..Knowledge of data quality is essential for accurate interpretation and use of cancer data by cancer control and prevention programs and researchers... - Cognitive functioning as a predictor of functional disability in later lifeLisa C McGuire
Division of Adult and Community Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 14:36-42. 2006..S. adults was examined... - Concentrations of serum vitamin D and the metabolic syndrome among U.S. adultsEarl S Ford
Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, MS K66, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Diabetes Care 28:1228-30. 2005 - Explaining the decrease in U.S. deaths from coronary disease, 1980-2000Earl S Ford
Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
N Engl J Med 356:2388-98. 2007..We conducted a study to determine how much of this decrease could be explained by the use of medical and surgical treatments as opposed to changes in cardiovascular risk factors... - Descriptive epidemiology of malignant and nonmalignant primary spinal cord, spinal meninges, and cauda equina tumors, United States, 2004-2007Linh M Duong
Cancer Surveillance Branch, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Cancer 118:4220-7. 2012..This study intends to augment the current literature by examining incidence of these tumors on a national level... - Association between cutaneous melanoma incidence rates among white US residents and county-level estimates of solar ultraviolet exposureThomas B Richards
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341 3717, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 65:S50-7. 2011..Recent US studies have raised questions as to whether geographic differences in cutaneous melanoma incidence rates are associated with differences in solar ultraviolet (UV) exposure... - Microalbuminuria and concentrations of antioxidants among US adultsEarl S Ford
Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 45:248-55. 2005.... - Comparative evaluation of uterine cancer staging data using two different staging systems, 2001-2005Linh M Duong
Cancer Surveillance Branch, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Mail Stop K 53, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
J Registry Manag 36:125-9. 2009.... - The changing incidence of in situ and invasive ductal and lobular breast carcinomas: United States, 1999-2004Christie R Eheman
Cancer Surveillance Branch, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341 3724, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:1763-9. 2009..This study provides U.S. incidence rates for these histologic types for both in situ and invasive cancers and assesses changes in the incidence of these cancers over time... - Body mass index and mortality among US male physiciansUmed A Ajani
Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Ann Epidemiol 14:731-9. 2004..Advancing age did not attenuate the increased risk of death associated with obesity. Lean men (BMI<20) did not have excess mortality, regardless of age... - Migraine and coronary heart disease in women and menNancy R Cook
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Headache 42:715-27. 2002..82 to 1.18). When considered separately, there was also no increase in risk of MI or angina. CONCLUSION: These prospective data suggest that migraine is not associated with increased risk of subsequent CHD events in women or men...