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| Abdulrahman M El-SayedSummaryAffiliation: Columbia University Country: USA Publications
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Changes in the relationship between marriage and preterm birth, 1989-2006Abdulrahman M El-Sayed
Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, New York, NY, USA
Public Health Rep 126:717-25. 2011..We analyzed secular trends in the relationship between marriage and PTB...
Socioeconomic inequalities in childhood obesity in the United Kingdom: a systematic review of the literatureAbdulrahman M El-Sayed
Department of Public Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Obes Facts 5:671-92. 2012..We summarize key methodological limitations to the extant literature and suggest avenues for future research...
Epigenetic modifications associated with suicide and common mood and anxiety disorders: a systematic review of the literatureAbdulrahman M El-Sayed
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 W, 168th Street, R521, New York, NY 10032, USA
Biol Mood Anxiety Disord 2:10. 2012..Further work is also needed to clarify the link between epigenetic modifications in the brain and peripheral tissues and to establish 'gold standard' epigenetic assays...
Demographic and co-morbid predictors of stress (takotsubo) cardiomyopathyAbdulrahman M El-Sayed
Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
Am J Cardiol 110:1368-72. 2012..Several co-morbid risk factors predictive of SC may operate by increased catecholamines...
Life course variation in the relation between maternal marital status and preterm birthAbdulrahman M El-Sayed
Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, 722 W 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
Ann Epidemiol 22:168-74. 2012..Because relations between social factors and health may vary during the life course, we assessed how the relation between marital status and PTB risk may change with maternal age...
Prenatal care and risk of preterm birth among foreign and US-born mothers in MichiganAbdulrahman M El-Sayed
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 14:230-5. 2012..Differences in cultural health traditions during pregnancy, or baseline health status between foreign and native-born mothers may mediate our findings...
Unevenly distributed: a systematic review of the health literature about socioeconomic inequalities in adult obesity in the United KingdomAbdulrahman M El-Sayed
British Heart Foundation Health Promotion Research Group, Department of Public Health, University of Oxford, Richards Building Old Road Campus Headington, Oxford, UK
BMC Public Health 12:18. 2012..There is a growing literature documenting socioeconomic inequalities in obesity risk among adults in the UK, with poorer groups suffering higher risk...
Social network analysis and agent-based modeling in social epidemiologyAbdulrahman M El-Sayed
Department of Public Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Epidemiol Perspect Innov 9:1. 2012..Social network and agent-based approaches are promising in social epidemiology, but continued development of each approach is needed...
Ethnic inequalities in mortality: the case of Arab-AmericansAbdulrahman M El-Sayed
Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
PLoS ONE 6:e29185. 2011..We explored life expectancy and age-adjusted mortality risk of Arab-Americans (AAs), relative to non-Arab and non-Hispanic Whites in Michigan, the state with the largest per capita population of AAs in the US...
Insurance status and inequalities in outcomes after neurosurgeryAbdulrahman M El-Sayed
Department of Public Health, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
World Neurosurg 76:459-66. 2011..We assessed the relation between insurance status and postoperative complication risk, neurosurgical intensive care unit stay, and hospital stay after neurosurgery...
Maternal immigrant status and high birth weight: implications for childhood obesityAbdulrahman M El-Sayed
Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA
Ethn Dis 21:47-51. 2011..To understand the etiology of obesity in children of immigrant mothers, we assessed the relation between maternal immigrant status and risk for high birth weight...
Suicide among Arab-AmericansAbdulrahman M El-Sayed
Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
PLoS ONE 6:e14704. 2011..Here we explored suicide rates and their determinants among AAs in Michigan, the state with the largest proportion of AAs in the US...
Household food insecurity and symptoms of neurologic disorder in Ethiopia: an observational analysisAbdulrahman M El-Sayed
Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
BMC Public Health 10:802. 2010..Little is known about the relation between FI and neurological disorder. We assessed the relation between FI and risk for neurologic symptoms in southwest Ethiopia...
Temporal changes in socioeconomic influences on health: maternal education and preterm birthAbdulrahman M El-Sayed
Department of Public Health, Oxford University, UK
Am J Public Health 102:1715-21. 2012..To consider how the relationships between social determinants and health indicators change over time, we assessed the time-varying influence of maternal education on risk of preterm birth (PTB) between 1989 and 2006...
Explaining the low risk of preterm birth among arab americans in the United States: an analysis of 617451 birthsAbdulrahman M El-Sayed
BS, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, 109 Observatory St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Pediatrics 123:e438-45. 2009..Factors assessed as potential contributors to the ethnicity/preterm birth risk association were maternal age, parity, education, marital status, tobacco use, and maternal birthplace...
Interethnic mating and risk for preterm birth among Arab-American mothers: evidence from the Arab-American Birth Outcomes StudyAbdulrahman M El-Sayed
Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 13:445-52. 2011..Paternal non-Arab ethnicity was not associated with risk for any outcome among non-Arab white mothers. Future studies could assess the causal mechanisms underlying the association between interethnic mating and risk for PTB...
Sex disparities in postoperative outcomes after neurosurgical intervention: findings from the UMEND projectMatthew C Davis
University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Neurosurgery 70:959-64; discussion 964. 2012..Improved understanding of this relationship may assist clinicians in advising patients of the risks and benefits of neurosurgical intervention and managing their patients after surgery...
The health of Arab-Americans living in the United States: a systematic review of the literatureAbdulrahman M El-Sayed
Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
BMC Public Health 9:272. 2009..This review aims to synthesize the extant peer-reviewed literature concerned with the health of AAs living in the US...
Community context, acculturation and low-birth-weight risk among Arab Americans: evidence from the Arab-American birth-outcomes studyAbdulrahman M El-Sayed
Department of Epidemiology, Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
J Epidemiol Community Health 64:155-60. 2010....
Infant mortality among arab-americans: findings from the arab-american birth outcomes studyDarryl W Finkton
Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Level 3, Women s Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
Matern Child Health J 17:732-45. 2013..Our findings suggest that lower risk of infant mortality among AAs relative to non-Arab Whites may be explained by differences in demographic characteristics and parental behavioral practices between them...
