Rebecca P Gelber

Summary

Affiliation: Harvard University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Association between body mass index and CKD in apparently healthy men
    Rebecca P Gelber
    Division of Aging, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02120, USA
    Am J Kidney Dis 46:871-80. 2005
  2. ncbi Patient ethnicity and use of venous thromboembolism prophylaxis
    Rebecca P Gelber
    Department of Medicine, John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, 96813, USA
    Int J Qual Health Care 18:23-9. 2006
  3. ncbi Ethnic disparities in breast cancer management among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
    Rebecca P Gelber
    Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center, VA Boston Healthcare System, Harvard Medical School, 150 S Huntington Avenue, 151MAV, Boston, Massachusetts 02130, USA
    Ann Surg Oncol 13:977-84. 2006
  4. ncbi A prospective study of body mass index and the risk of developing hypertension in men
    Rebecca P Gelber
    Division of Aging, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Am J Hypertens 20:370-7. 2007
  5. ncbi Measures of obesity and cardiovascular risk among men and women
    Rebecca P Gelber
    Division of Aging, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02120, USA
    J Am Coll Cardiol 52:605-15. 2008
  6. ncbi Antihypertensive adherence and drug class among Asian Pacific Americans
    Deborah A Taira
    Hawaii Medical Service Association, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
    Ethn Health 12:265-81. 2007
  7. ncbi Development of a risk score for colorectal cancer in men
    Jane A Driver
    The Brigham and Women s Hospital Divisions of Aging, Boston, Mass 02120, USA
    Am J Med 120:257-63. 2007
  8. ncbi The Honolulu-Asia Aging Study: epidemiologic and neuropathologic research on cognitive impairment
    Rebecca P Gelber
    Kuakini Medical Center, Honolulu, HI, USA
    Curr Alzheimer Res 9:664-72. 2012
  9. ncbi Coffee intake in midlife and risk of dementia and its neuropathologic correlates
    Rebecca P Gelber
    Honolulu Asia Aging Study at Kuakini Medical Center, VA Pacific Islands Healthcare System, Honolulu, HI, USA
    J Alzheimers Dis 23:607-15. 2011
  10. ncbi Risk factors for venous thromboembolism in Japan: a hospital-based case-control study
    Hwee Yong Lim
    Department of Medicine, University of Hawai i John A Burns School of Medicine, 1356 Lusitana Street, 7th Fl Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
    Hawaii Med J 66:236-9. 2007

Detail Information

Publications12

  1. ncbi Association between body mass index and CKD in apparently healthy men
    Rebecca P Gelber
    Division of Aging, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02120, USA
    Am J Kidney Dis 46:871-80. 2005
    ..06 to 1.53). CONCLUSION: In this large cohort of initially healthy men, BMI was associated significantly with increased risk for CKD after 14 years. Strategies to decrease CKD risk might include prevention of overweight and obesity...
  2. ncbi Patient ethnicity and use of venous thromboembolism prophylaxis
    Rebecca P Gelber
    Department of Medicine, John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, 96813, USA
    Int J Qual Health Care 18:23-9. 2006
    ..However, physicians vary in their strategies to prevent venous thromboembolism. We evaluated whether the use of venous thromboembolism prophylaxis after orthopedic surgery is related to patient ethnicity...
  3. ncbi Ethnic disparities in breast cancer management among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
    Rebecca P Gelber
    Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center, VA Boston Healthcare System, Harvard Medical School, 150 S Huntington Avenue, 151MAV, Boston, Massachusetts 02130, USA
    Ann Surg Oncol 13:977-84. 2006
    ..Little is known about breast cancer management among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI)...
  4. ncbi A prospective study of body mass index and the risk of developing hypertension in men
    Rebecca P Gelber
    Division of Aging, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Am J Hypertens 20:370-7. 2007
    ..Although obesity is known to increase the risk of hypertension, few studies have prospectively evaluated body mass index (BMI) across the range of normal weight and overweight as a primary risk factor...
  5. ncbi Measures of obesity and cardiovascular risk among men and women
    Rebecca P Gelber
    Division of Aging, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02120, USA
    J Am Coll Cardiol 52:605-15. 2008
    ....
  6. ncbi Antihypertensive adherence and drug class among Asian Pacific Americans
    Deborah A Taira
    Hawaii Medical Service Association, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
    Ethn Health 12:265-81. 2007
    ..The objective of this study is to identify predictors of adherence for specific groups, particularly Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders...
  7. ncbi Development of a risk score for colorectal cancer in men
    Jane A Driver
    The Brigham and Women s Hospital Divisions of Aging, Boston, Mass 02120, USA
    Am J Med 120:257-63. 2007
    ..Colorectal cancer is a common and preventable disease for which screening rates remain unacceptably low...
  8. ncbi The Honolulu-Asia Aging Study: epidemiologic and neuropathologic research on cognitive impairment
    Rebecca P Gelber
    Kuakini Medical Center, Honolulu, HI, USA
    Curr Alzheimer Res 9:664-72. 2012
    ..Each lesion type is viewed as representing a distinct underlying pathogenic process. Their summed influences is an especially robust correlate of dementia in the months and years prior to death...
  9. ncbi Coffee intake in midlife and risk of dementia and its neuropathologic correlates
    Rebecca P Gelber
    Honolulu Asia Aging Study at Kuakini Medical Center, VA Pacific Islands Healthcare System, Honolulu, HI, USA
    J Alzheimers Dis 23:607-15. 2011
    ....
  10. ncbi Risk factors for venous thromboembolism in Japan: a hospital-based case-control study
    Hwee Yong Lim
    Department of Medicine, University of Hawai i John A Burns School of Medicine, 1356 Lusitana Street, 7th Fl Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
    Hawaii Med J 66:236-9. 2007
    ..While inherited thrombophilias occur infrequently among Asians, the distribution of other VTE risk factors in these populations remains unclear...
  11. ncbi Prevalence of venous thromboembolism at a teaching hospital in Okinawa, Japan
    Mitsumasa Kishimoto
    Division of Rheumatology, New York University, USA
    Thromb Haemost 93:876-9. 2005
    ..31% vs. 0.08%; OR 3.88; 95%CI 1.45-6.31). We found a low prevalence of VTE in Japan compared to that reported in the US. Future studies are needed to clarify the reasons for our findings...
  12. ncbi Blood pressure measures and risk of chronic kidney disease in men
    Elke S Schaeffner
    Department of Medicine, Charite Campus Virchow, Berlin, Germany
    Nephrol Dial Transplant 23:1246-51. 2008
    ..High blood pressure (BP) has been associated with a decrease in kidney function. However, it remains unclear which BP measure best predicts impaired kidney function...