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IGF2R genetic variants, circulating IGF2 concentrations and colon cancer risk in African Americans and WhitesCathrine Hoyo
Department of Community and Family Medicine, and Program of Cancer Detection, Prevention and Control, Duke University Medical Center, NC, USA
Dis Markers 32:133-41. 2012..5002 G>A modulates IGF2 circulating levels in a sex-specific manner, and while carrying the IGF2R c.901 C>G may increase cancer risk, the mechanism may not involve modulation of circulating IGF2...
Predictors of variation in serum IGF1 and IGFBP3 levels in healthy African American and white menCathrine Hoyo
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Box 2914, Durham, NC 27710, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 101:711-6. 2009..Factors associated with variation in circulating levels of these peptide hormones remain unclear...
IGF2R polymorphisms and risk of esophageal and gastric adenocarcinomasCathrine Hoyo
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Int J Cancer 125:2673-8. 2009..5002G > A genotype and EGA was not evident. These findings suggest that nonsynonymous polymorphisms in M6P/IGF2R may contribute to the risks of EGA and noncardia adenocarcinomas. Larger studies are required to confirm these findings...
Grade-specific prostate cancer associations of IGF1 (CA)19 repeats and IGFBP3-202A/C in blacks and whitesCathrine Hoyo
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Hanes House Room 347, Trent Drive, Box 2914, Medical Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 99:718-22. 2007..If confirmed in larger studies, these findings support the hypothesis that the association between IGFBP3 C allele and prostate cancer is grade specific in both ethnic groups...
Barriers and strategies for sustained participation of African-American men in cohort studiesCathrine Hoyo
Department of Health Education, North Carolina Central University, Durham 27707, USA
Ethn Dis 13:470-6. 2003....
Pain predicts non-adherence to pap smear screening among middle-aged African American womenCathrine Hoyo
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Box 2914, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Prev Med 41:439-45. 2005..Middle-aged African American women have the highest incidence and mortality of invasive cervical cancer in the United States and the lowest adherence to pap smear screening...
Depo medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) and combined oral contraceptives and cervical carcinoma in-situ in women aged 50 years and underC Hoyo
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
West Indian Med J 53:406-12. 2004..4, 95% CI: 0.7, 3.1). These results suggest that if hormonal contraceptive use confers any risk of CIS, it is confined to long-term users. Increased risk in some groups, however, warrant further study...
Improving the accuracy of syndromic diagnosis of genital ulcer disease in MalawiCathrine Hoyo
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Sex Transm Dis 32:231-7. 2005..However, the etiologic pathogens of GUD vary temporally and geographically, and current criteria may not reflect changes in the prevalence of specific pathogens...
Reproducibility of self-reported pap test utilization in middle-aged African-American womenCathrine Hoyo
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Ethn Dis 15:84-9. 2005..Not using self-reports to base clinic decisions may still be prudent among those with less education...
Program prioritization to control chronic diseases in African-American faith-based communitiesCathrine Hoyo
Duke University Medical Center, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 96:524-32. 2004..We assessed the effect of providing congregation leaders with skills on identifying their own health needs, planning, and implementing their own interventions...
Factors associated with African Americans' enrollment in a national cancer genetics registryC S Skinner
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, Durham, NC, USA
Community Genet 11:224-33. 2008..Education was also bivariately associated with enrollment, but mediation analysis indicated that the operational mechanism of education's influence on enrollment was through trust...
Anthropometric measurements and epithelial ovarian cancer risk in African-American and White womenCathrine Hoyo
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 2424 Erwin Rd, Hock Plaza, Ste 602, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Cancer Causes Control 16:955-63. 2005..0; 95% CI = 0.7-1.4). These findings support the hypothesis that obesity is an important risk factor of ovarian cancer among African-Americans and Whites and also suggest that height may be a risk factor specific to African-Americans...
IGF1 (CA)19 repeat and IGFBP3 -202 A/C genotypes and the risk of prostate cancer in Black and White menJoellen M Schildkraut
Program of Cancer Prevention, Detection and Control Research, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:403-8. 2005..Further research is needed to confirm these findings...
Folic acid supplementation before and during pregnancy in the Newborn Epigenetics STudy (NEST)Cathrine Hoyo
Department of Community and Family Medicine and Program of Cancer Detection, Prevention and Control, Duke University, PO Box 104006, Durham, NC 27710, USA
BMC Public Health 11:46. 2011..The primary objective is to estimate the proportion of women taking folic acid (FA) doses exceeding the TUL before and during pregnancy, and to identify correlates of high FA use...
Racial differences in enrolment in a cancer genetics registryPatricia G Moorman
Cancer Prevention Detection and Control Research Program, Duke University Medical Center, 239 Hanes House, Trent Drive, Box 2949, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 13:1349-54. 2004..Most studies have little information about nonparticipants, making it difficult to identify characteristics associated with enrolment and how they might vary by race...
A high ratio of dietary n-6/n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids is associated with increased risk of prostate cancerChristina D Williams
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Nutr Res 31:1-8. 2011..In conclusion, our findings suggest that a high dietary ratio of n-6/n-3 fatty acids may increase the risk of overall prostate cancer among white men and possibly increase the risk of high-grade prostate cancer among all men...
Perceptions of participation in an observational epidemiologic study of cancer among African AmericansKyna M Gooden
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2101 McGavran-Greenberg Hall, CB#7435, Chapel Hill, NC 26599, USA
Ethn Dis 15:68-75. 2005..However, culturally appropriate efforts to thoroughly inform them of study process and progress are deemed essential for successful recruitment and retention...
Short birth intervals and uterine cervical cancer risk in Jamaican womenC Hoyo
Duke University Medical Center, Hanes House, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 98:56-7. 2007
Key attributes of health ministries in African American churches: an exploratory surveyLori Carter-Edwards
Institute for Health, Social and Community Research at Shaw University, USA
N C Med J 67:345-50. 2006..However it is unknown which program attributes they perceive as important and which program attributes exist in their congregations...
For the patient. Improving participation of African-American men in research studiesCathrine Hoyo
Ethn Dis 13:547-8. 2003
For the patient. Recruitment strategies for cancer research studiesKyna M Gooden
Ethn Dis 15:151. 2005
The prevalence and correlates of urinary tract symptoms in Norwegian men: the HUNT studyArnfinn Seim
Department of Public Health and General Practice, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
BJU Int 96:88-92. 2005....
