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Self-reported health, perceived racial discrimination, and skin color in African Americans in the CARDIA studyLuisa N Borrell
Columbia University New York, NY, USA
Soc Sci Med 63:1415-27. 2006..Further studies of the health consequences of discrimination will require investigation of both the upstream determinants of discrimination and the downstream mechanisms by which perceived discrimination affects health outcomes...- Perception of general and oral health in White and African American adults: assessing the effect of neighborhood socioeconomic conditionsLuisa N Borrell
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 32:363-73. 2004.... 
Effect of socioeconomic status on exposures to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) among pregnant African-American womenLuisa N Borrell
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
Arch Environ Health 59:250-5. 2004..Neither income nor education was associated with concentrations of DDE. The authors concluded that maternal socioeconomic indicators may influence the effects of exposure to PCBs among African-American pregnant women...- Race/ethnicity and self-reported diabetes among adults in the National Health Interview Survey: 2000-2003Luisa N Borrell
Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, 722 W 168th St, New York, NY 10032, USA
Public Health Rep 122:616-25. 2007..We investigated the effect of race among Hispanic and non-Hispanic people on self-reported diabetes after adjusting for selected individual characteristics and known risk factors... - Socioeconomic disadvantage and periodontal disease: the Dental Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities studyLuisa N Borrell
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, School of Dental and Oral Surgeons, Columbia University, 722 West 168th St, New York, NY 10032, USA
Am J Public Health 96:332-9. 2006..We used data from the Dental Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study to examine whether individual- and neighborhood-level socioeconomic characteristics were associated with periodontal disease... - The role of individual and neighborhood social factors on periodontitis: the third National Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyLuisa N Borrell
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Periodontol 77:444-53. 2006.... - Self-reported hypertension and race among Hispanics in the National Health Interview SurveyLuisa N Borrell
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
Ethn Dis 16:71-7. 2006.... - Influence of nativity status on breast cancer risk among US black womenLuisa N Borrell
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 West 168th Street, New York, NY, 10032, USA
J Urban Health 83:211-20. 2006.... - Self-reported racial discrimination and substance use in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Adults StudyLuisa N Borrell
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Am J Epidemiol 166:1068-79. 2007..These associations were similarly positive in Whites but not significant. Substance use may be an unhealthy coping response to perceived unfair treatment for some individuals, regardless of their race/ethnicity... - Education and diabetes in a racially and ethnically diverse populationLuisa N Borrell
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, School of Dental and Oral Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Am J Public Health 96:1637-42. 2006..We used data from the National Health Interview Survey (1997-2002) to examine the association between education and the prevalence of diabetes in US adults and whether this relation differs by race/ethnicity... - Oral health and health care for older adults: a spatial approach for addressing disparities and planning servicesLuisa N Borrell
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, USA
Spec Care Dentist 26:252-6. 2006..By presenting multiple layers of local information juxtaposed, GIS can help provide directions for planning oral health service delivery for seniors... - Prevalence and trends in periodontitis in the USA: the [corrected] NHANES, 1988 to 2000L N Borrell
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 West 168th Street, 16th Floor, Room 1611, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Dent Res 84:924-30. 2005..Our findings indicate that the prevalence of periodontitis has decreased between the NHANES III and the NHANES 1999-2000 for all racial/ethnic groups in the USA... - Diabetes in the dental office: using NHANES III to estimate the probability of undiagnosed diseaseL N Borrell
Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University College of Dental Medicine and Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Periodontal Res 42:559-65. 2007..Because 60% of Americans see a dentist at least once per year for routine, nonemergent, care, it is reasonable to propose that the dental office can be a healthcare location actively involved in screening for unidentified diabetes... - Skin color and mortality risk among men: the Puerto Rico Heart Health ProgramLuisa N Borrell
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Ann Epidemiol 17:335-41. 2007.... - Is there homogeneity in periodontal health between African Americans and Mexican Americans?Luisa N Borrell
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Ethn Dis 12:97-110. 2002..This study identified and contrasted prevalence and predictors of periodontitis among African Americans, Mexican Americans, and non-Hispanic Whites in the US adult population... - Periodontitis in the United States: beyond black and whiteLuisa N Borrell
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 600 West 168th Street, PH 18, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Public Health Dent 62:92-101. 2002.... - Neighbourhood characteristics and mortality in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities StudyLuisa N Borrell
Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA
Int J Epidemiol 33:398-407. 2004..This study investigates the relationship between neighbourhood characteristics and mortality (all-cause, cardiovascular disease [CVD], and cancer) in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC)... - Social factors and periodontitis in an older populationLuisa N Borrell
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 W 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
Am J Public Health 94:748-54. 2004..We assessed the prevalences of periodontitis by education and income levels among US adults with data from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey... - Self-rated health and race among Hispanic and non-Hispanic adultsLuisa N Borrell
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 10:229-38. 2008..To investigate the association between race and self-rated health among Hispanics and non-Hispanics using data from the National Health Interview Survey 2000-2003... - Social disparities in periodontitis among United States adults 1999-2004Luisa N Borrell
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY10032, USA
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 36:383-91. 2008.... - Racial/ethnic neighborhood concentration and self-reported health in New York CityKellee White
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Ethn Dis 16:900-8. 2006..The results underscore the need for elucidating the pathways by which racial/ethnic neighborhood concentration affects health... 
The dental office visit as a potential opportunity for diabetes screening: an analysis using NHANES 2003-2004 dataShiela M Strauss
NYU College of Nursing, 726 Broadway, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10003, USA
J Public Health Dent 70:156-62. 2010..The data were also used to determine whether at-risk individuals with periodontitis visited a dental professional recently, so that they could avail themselves of this opportunity for screening, if offered...- Childhood asthma and extreme values of body mass index: the Harlem Children's Zone Asthma InitiativeHelen L Kwon
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 W 168th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY, 10032, USA
J Urban Health 83:421-33. 2006..Early interventions that concomitantly address asthma and weight gain are needed among pre-school and school-aged children... - Factors influencing the effect of race on established periodontitis prevalenceLuisa N Borrell
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-1076, USA
J Public Health Dent 63:20-9. 2003..However, periodontal health disparities may be more complex than previously recognized, requiring greater understanding of factors related to dental care utilization in future studies evaluating this disparity... - Prevalence and determinants of isolated systolic hypertension among young adults: the 1999-2004 US National Health And Nutrition Examination SurveyRegina C Grebla
Department of Community Health, Brown University, Rhode Island, New York, USA
J Hypertens 28:15-23. 2010..We examined the prevalence and determinants of ISH in this age group using the 1999-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) and made comparisons using data from NHANES III (1988-1994)... - Self-reported diabetes and hypertension among Arab Americans in the United StatesFlorence J Dallo
Survey Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Ethn Dis 16:699-705. 2006.... - Neighbourhood environments and mortality in an elderly cohort: results from the cardiovascular health studyAna V Diez Roux
Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, USA
J Epidemiol Community Health 58:917-23. 2004..It has been postulated that neighbourhood conditions are related to the health of the elderly population but longitudinal studies are rare and confounding by individual level variables remains a possibility... - Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of BMI with socioeconomic characteristicsMahasin S Mujahid
Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, USA
Obes Res 13:1412-21. 2005..However, recent increases over time in BMI are either not clearly patterned by socioeconomic factors or are greater in the higher socioeconomic status groups... - A longitudinal analysis of salivary flow in control subjects and older adults with type 2 diabetesE M Chavez
Department of Oral Medicine Pathology Oncology, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, USA
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 91:166-73. 2001..This study's purposes were (1) to investigate the effect on salivary flow of type 2 diabetes and change in glycemic control in a group of older adults over time and (2) to compare flow rates with subjective complaints of xerostomia... - Periodontitis is associated with cognitive impairment among older adults: analysis of NHANES-IIIJ M Noble
Gertrude H Sergievsky Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 80:1206-11. 2009..Dementia is a major public health problem likely related to a complex interaction between genetics and diseases associated with systemic inflammation, including diabetes, smoking and stroke... - Health risk behaviors and prostate specific antigen awareness among men in CaliforniaFiras S Ahmed
Department of Medicine Division of General Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
J Urol 180:658-62; discussion 662. 2008.... - Associations of neighborhood problems and neighborhood social cohesion with mental health and health behaviors: the Multi-Ethnic Study of AtherosclerosisSandra Echeverria
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA
Health Place 14:853-65. 2008..Results for neighborhood problems were robust to the use of aggregate measures but results for social cohesion generally were not. Future work should determine the health effect of modifying specific features of the neighborhood context... - The oral health status of adolescents in northern ManhattanDennis A Mitchell
Harlem Hositpal Center Department of Dentistry, NY, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 18:814-32. 2007..Finally, effective community-based oral disease prevention and health promotion programs are sorely needed to improve these youths' oral health... - Race, ethnicity, and self-reported hypertension: analysis of data from the National Health Interview Survey, 1997-2005Luisa N Borrell
Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University MailmanSchool of Public Health, New York, NY, USA
Am J Public Health 99:313-9. 2009..I estimated the association between race and self-reported hypertension among Hispanics and non-Hispanics and determined whether this association was stronger among non-Hispanics... - Racial/ethnic disparities in obesity among US-born and foreign-born adults by sex and educationDebbie S Barrington
Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:422-4. 2010..Comprehension of these relationships is vital for conducting effective obesity research and interventions within an increasingly diverse United States... - Effects of race, neighborhood, and social network on age at initiation of injection drug useCrystal M Fuller
Center for Infectious Disease Epidemiologic Research, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 W 168th St, 4th Floor, Room R422, New York, NY 10032, USA
Am J Public Health 95:689-95. 2005..We investigated individual- and neighborhood-level factors associated with adolescent initiation of injection drug use... - Neighbourhood food environment and gestational diabetes in New York CityTeresa Janevic
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 24:249-54. 2010..Future research, including validity studies, on the neighbourhood food environment, obesity during pregnancy and gestational diabetes is warranted... - Analytical epidemiology of periodontitisLuisa N Borrell
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
J Clin Periodontol 32:132-58. 2005..Ideally, such studies should have a randomized-controlled trial design... - Nativity status and patient perceptions of the patient-physician encounter: results from the Commonwealth Fund 2001 survey on disparities in quality of health careFlorence J Dallo
University of Texas, School of Public Health, Dallas Regional Campus, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
Med Care 46:185-91. 2008..Although racial and ethnic differences in healthcare have been extensively documented in the United States, little attention has been paid to the quality of health care for the foreign-born population in the United States... - Self-reported hypertension and race among hispanic and non-hispanic adults: the New York City community Health SurveyLuisa N Borrell
Department of Health Sciences, Lehman College, City University of New York, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
Ethn Dis 18:299-305. 2008..To examine the association between race/ethnicity and prevalence of self-reported hypertension in adults who participated in the 2005 Community Health Survey... - Disparities in self-reported hypertension in Hispanic subgroups, non-Hispanic black and non-Hispanic white adults: the national health interview surveyLuisa N Borrell
Department of Health Sciences, Lehman College, City University of New York, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
Ann Epidemiol 18:803-12. 2008.... - Commentary: Health policies in the US: can they increase or decrease the gap between subgroups of the population? The case of folic acidLuisa N Borrell
Department of Health Sciences, Graduate Program in Public Health, Lehman College, CUNY, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Gillet 336, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
Int J Epidemiol 37:1067-8. 2008 - The role of social class on health behaviors and psychosocial factors: the United States experienceLuisa N Borrell
Soz Praventivmed 50:193-4. 2005 - Latino populations: a unique opportunity for the study of race, genetics, and social environment in epidemiological researchEsteban Gonzalez Burchard
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 0833, USA
Am J Public Health 95:2161-8. 2005.... - Residential segregation and Latino, black and white mortality in New York CitySanae Inagami
Veterans Affairs, VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, Division of General Internal Medicine 111G, 11301 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90073, USA
J Urban Health 83:406-20. 2006.... - Dissecting complex diseases in complex populations: asthma in latino americansShweta Choudhry
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 2911, USA
Proc Am Thorac Soc 4:226-33. 2007.... - Racial identity among Hispanics: implications for health and well-beingLuisa N Borrell
Am J Public Health 95:379-81. 2005 - Ancestry-environment interactions and asthma risk among Puerto RicansShweta Choudhry
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-2911, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 174:1088-93. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: The observed interaction may help to explain the unique pattern of risk for asthma in Puerto Ricans and the lack of association with SES observed in previous studies when not accounting for varying proportions of ancestry...
Research Grants
- Social Inequalities in Periodontal DiseasesLuisa Borrell; Fiscal Year: 2006....
- MEASURING & DOCUMENTING DISPARITIES IN ORAL HEALTH: A PRACTICAL APPROACHLuisa Borrell; Fiscal Year: 2007..Finally, the developed measures have the potential to be used to measure health disparities related to age, gender, race/ethnicity and socioeconomic position on other oral health outcomes and health outcomes in general. ..