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Modifying the Healthy Eating Index to assess diet quality in children and adolescentsDiane Feskanich
Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 104:1375-83. 2004..The Healthy Eating Index (HEI) is a scoring system used by the US government to assess adherence to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. We examined the ability of the HEI to monitor diet quality among youth...- Intake of fruits and vegetables, carotenoids, folate, and vitamins A, C, E and risk of bladder cancer among women (United States)Crystal N Holick
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Cancer Causes Control 16:1135-45. 2005..To examine the relation between fruits and vegetables, carotenoids, folate, and vitamins A, C, E and the risk of bladder cancer in a prospective study of women... 
Coffee, tea, caffeine and risk of breast cancer: a 22-year follow-upDavaasambuu Ganmaa
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Int J Cancer 122:2071-6. 2008..However, our results suggested a weak inverse association between caffeine-containing beverages and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer...- Intakes of vitamins A, C and E and folate and multivitamins and lung cancer: a pooled analysis of 8 prospective studiesEunyoung Cho
Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Int J Cancer 118:970-8. 2006..The results generally did not differ across studies or by sex, smoking habits and lung cancer cell type. In conclusion, these data do not support the hypothesis that intakes of vitamins A, C and E and folate reduce lung cancer risk... - Dietary carotenoids and risk of lung cancer in a pooled analysis of seven cohort studiesSatu Mannisto
Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Nutrition, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 13:40-8. 2004..Although smoking is the strongest risk factor for lung cancer, greater intake of foods high in beta-cryptoxanthin, such as citrus fruit, may modestly lower the risk... 
Milk, dairy intake and risk of endometrial cancer: a 26-year follow-upDavaasambuu Ganmaa
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Int J Cancer 130:2664-71. 2012..In conclusion, we observed a marginally significant overall association between dairy intake and endometrial cancer and a stronger association among postmenopausal women who were not using estrogen-containing hormones...- Calcium, vitamin D, milk consumption, and hip fractures: a prospective study among postmenopausal womenDiane Feskanich
Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 77:504-11. 2003..Fewer studies have focused on vitamin D in preventing postmenopausal osteoporosis or fractures... - Bicycle riding, walking, and weight gain in premenopausal womenANNE C LUSK
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, 655 Huntington Ave, Bldg II, Room 314, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Arch Intern Med 170:1050-6. 2010..To our knowledge, research has not been conducted on bicycle riding and weight control in comparison with walking. Our objective was to assess the association between bicycle riding and weight control in premenopausal women... - A nested case control study of plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations and risk of colorectal cancerKana Wu
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Ave, Bldg 2, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 99:1120-9. 2007..We investigated this relationship in a nested case-control study within the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (HPFS), a large ongoing study of male health professionals living in the United States... - Circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin d levels and survival in patients with colorectal cancerKimmie Ng
Division of Medical Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Clin Oncol 26:2984-91. 2008..Higher plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3) (25(OH)D) levels are associated with a decreased incidence of colorectal cancer, but the influence of plasma 25(OH)D on the outcome of patients with established colorectal cancer is unknown... - Use of proton pump inhibitors and risk of hip fracture in relation to dietary and lifestyle factors: a prospective cohort studyHamed Khalili
Gastroenterology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
BMJ 344:e372. 2012..To examine the association between chronic use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and risk of hip fracture... - Interactions between plasma levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D, insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1 and C-peptide with risk of colorectal cancerKana Wu
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
PLoS ONE 6:e28520. 2011..Vitamin D status and levels of insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1 and C-peptide have been implicated in colorectal carcinogenesis. However, in contrast to vitamin D IGF-1 is not an easily modifiable risk factor... - Physical activity in relation to long-term weight maintenance after intentional weight loss in premenopausal womenRania A Mekary
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:167-74. 2010..Increased PA, particularly high intensity activities, is associated with better maintenance of weight loss. The benefits of activity were greater among overweight/obese than normal weight women... - Physical activity and premenopausal breast cancer: an examination of recall and selection biasSonia S Maruti
Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Cancer Causes Control 20:549-58. 2009..Compared with cohort studies, case-control investigations have tended to report clearer protective associations for the relationship between physical activity and premenopausal breast cancer risk... - Dietary correlates of urinary 6-sulfatoxymelatonin concentrations in the Nurses' Health Study cohortsEva S Schernhammer
Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 90:975-85. 2009..Although melatonin is a direct derivative of the essential amino acid tryptophan, little is known about the relation of diet with melatonin concentrations... - Lung cancer incidence in never smokersHeather A Wakelee
Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA
J Clin Oncol 25:472-8. 2007..However, data on this topic, particularly lung cancer incidence rates in never smokers, are limited... - Systemic lupus erythematosus and the risk of cardiovascular disease: results from the nurses' health studyA Elisabeth Hak
Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Arthritis Rheum 61:1396-402. 2009..Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. However, prospective population-based data addressing this association have been lacking... - Reproductive factors, hormone use, and risk for lung cancer in postmenopausal women, the Nurses' Health StudyChristina S Baik
Division of Hematology Oncology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19:2525-33. 2010..We evaluated the associations between reproductive factors, exogenous hormone use, and lung cancer incidence in the Nurses' Health Study... - Validation of adolescent diet recalled by adultsSonia S Maruti
Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Epidemiology 17:226-9. 2006..Few studies have examined the validity of adolescent diet as recalled by adults many years later... - Aspirin, NSAID, and acetaminophen use and the risk of endometrial cancerAkila N Viswanathan
Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women s Hospital Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Cancer Res 68:2507-13. 2008..However, risk was significantly lower for current aspirin users who were obese or who were postmenopausal and had never used PMHs; these subgroup findings require further confirmation... - Reproductive and menopausal factors and risk of systemic lupus erythematosus in womenKaren H Costenbader
Robert B Brigham Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases Clinical Research Center, Brigham and Women s Hospital, and Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Arthritis Rheum 56:1251-62. 2007..This study was carried out to examine associations between female reproductive and menopausal factors and the development of SLE... - Smoking intensity, duration, and cessation, and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis in womenKaren H Costenbader
Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Robert B Brigham Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases Clinical Research Center, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass 02115, USA
Am J Med 119:503.e1-9. 2006.... - Menopausal and reproductive factors and risk of age-related macular degenerationDiane Feskanich
Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Arch Ophthalmol 126:519-24. 2008..To investigate whether estrogen exposures are associated with lower risks of age-related macular degeneration (AMD)... - Operating room nursing and lung cancer risk in a cohort of female registered nursesMargaret A Gates
Department of Medicine, Bridham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Channing Laboratory, Third Floor, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Scand J Work Environ Health 33:140-7. 2007..We examined the association between duration of employment as an operating room nurse, a proxy measure for surgical smoke exposure, and subsequent lung cancer risk... - Long-term aspirin use and mortality in womenAndrew T Chan
Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 0214, USA
Arch Intern Med 167:562-72. 2007..The influence of long-term use of aspirin on total mortality in women remains uncertain... - Protein, iron, and meat consumption and risk for rheumatoid arthritis: a prospective cohort studyElizabeth Benito-Garcia
Section of Clinical Sciences, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Francis Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Arthritis Res Ther 9:R16. 2007..We were unable to confirm that there is an association between protein or meat and risk for RA in this large female cohort. Iron was also not associated with RA in this cohort... - Adult recall of adolescent diet: reproducibility and comparison with maternal reportingSonia S Maruti
Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston 02215, MA, USA
Am J Epidemiol 161:89-97. 2005..30 (range, 0.10-0.61). While further studies are warranted, these findings imply that this food frequency questionnaire provides a reasonable record of adolescent diet... - Determinants of plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D and development of prediction models in three US cohortsKimberly A Bertrand
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Br J Nutr 108:1889-96. 2012.... - Walking and leisure-time activity and risk of hip fracture in postmenopausal womenDiane Feskanich
Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 181 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
JAMA 288:2300-6. 2002..Walking is the most common activity among older adults, and evidence suggests that it can increase femoral bone density and reduce fracture risk... - Reproducibility and validity of the Diet Quality Index Revised as assessed by use of a food-frequency questionnaireP K Newby
Jean Mayer US Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 78:941-9. 2003..The Diet Quality Index Revised (DQI-R) is a dietary assessment instrument based on 10 dietary recommendations reflecting dietary guidelines and policy in the United States... - Smoking and the risk of endometrial cancer: results from the Nurses' Health StudyAkila N Viswanathan
Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Int J Cancer 114:996-1001. 2005..The findings provide insight into disease etiology and suggest that the influence of smoking on endometrial cancer risk occurs even in early adulthood, is long-lasting, and may not be attributed solely to short-term hormonal modulation... - Consumption of artificial sweetener- and sugar-containing soda and risk of lymphoma and leukemia in men and womenEva S Schernhammer
Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 96:1419-28. 2012..Despite safety reports of the artificial sweetener aspartame, health-related concerns remain... - Physical activity and survival after breast cancer diagnosisMichelle D Holmes
Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass 02115, USA
JAMA 293:2479-86. 2005..Physical activity has been shown to decrease the incidence of breast cancer, but the effect on recurrence or survival after a breast cancer diagnosis is not known... - Plasma vitamin D metabolites and risk of colorectal cancer in womenDiane Feskanich
Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 13:1502-8. 2004..We therefore examined risk in relation to plasma concentrations of these vitamin D metabolites... - Risk factors and individual probabilities of melanoma for whitesEunyoung Cho
Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Clin Oncol 23:2669-75. 2005.... - Vitamin A intake and hip fractures among postmenopausal womenDiane Feskanich
Channing Laboratory, 181 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115
JAMA 287:47-54. 2002..Ingestion of toxic amounts of vitamin A affects bone remodeling and can have adverse skeletal effects in animals. The possibility has been raised that long-term high vitamin A intake could contribute to fracture risk in humans... - Fruits, vegetables and lung cancer: a pooled analysis of cohort studiesStephanie A Smith-Warner
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Int J Cancer 107:1001-11. 2003..However, we cannot rule out the possibility that our results are due to residual confounding by smoking. The primary focus for reducing lung cancer incidence should continue to be smoking prevention and cessation... - A prospective study of age-specific physical activity and premenopausal breast cancerSonia S Maruti
Cancer Prevention Program, Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, M4 B402, Seattle, WA 98109 1024, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 100:728-37. 2008..We investigated whether physical activity is associated with reduced incidence of premenopausal breast cancer, and, if so, what age period and intensity of activity are critical... - Lung cancer rates in men and women with comparable histories of smokingChris Bain
School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
J Natl Cancer Inst 96:826-34. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Women do not appear to have a greater susceptibility to lung cancer than men, given equal smoking exposure. Research should be focused on enhancing preventive interventions for all... - Diet quality and major chronic disease risk in men and women: moving toward improved dietary guidanceMarjorie L McCullough
American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 76:1261-71. 2002..Research suggests that greater reductions in risk are possible with more specific guidance... - Alcohol consumption and risk of lung cancer: a pooled analysis of cohort studiesJo L Freudenheim
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 82:657-67. 2005..Although smoking is the primary cause of lung cancer, much is unknown about lung cancer etiology, including risk determinants for nonsmokers and modifying factors for smokers... - Prospective study of diabetes and risk of hip fracture: the Nurses' Health StudyMohsen Janghorbani
School of Public Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Diabetes Care 29:1573-8. 2006..The purpose of this study was to determine whether women with type 1 and type 2 diabetes are at higher risk of hip fractures...