E B Levitan

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Affiliation: Harvard University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Relation of consistency with the dietary approaches to stop hypertension diet and incidence of heart failure in men aged 45 to 79 years
    Emily B Levitan
    Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Am J Cardiol 104:1416-20. 2009
  2. ncbi Adiposity and incidence of heart failure hospitalization and mortality: a population-based prospective study
    Emily B Levitan
    Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass, USA
    Circ Heart Fail 2:202-8. 2009
  3. ncbi Consistency with the DASH diet and incidence of heart failure
    Emily B Levitan
    Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 375 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Arch Intern Med 169:851-7. 2009
  4. ncbi Fish consumption, marine omega-3 fatty acids, and incidence of heart failure: a population-based prospective study of middle-aged and elderly men
    Emily B Levitan
    Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 375 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Eur Heart J 30:1495-500. 2009
  5. ncbi Dietary glycemic index, dietary glycemic load, blood lipids, and C-reactive protein
    Emily B Levitan
    Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Metabolism 57:437-43. 2008
  6. ncbi Dietary glycemic index, dietary glycemic load and mortality among men with established cardiovascular disease
    E B Levitan
    Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Eur J Clin Nutr 63:552-7. 2009
  7. ncbi HbA1c measured in stored erythrocytes and mortality rate among middle-aged and older women
    E B Levitan
    Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 375 Longwood Avenue, MS 443, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Diabetologia 51:267-75. 2008
  8. ncbi Dietary glycemic index, dietary glycemic load, and cardiovascular disease in middle-aged and older Swedish men
    Emily B Levitan
    Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 85:1521-6. 2007
  9. ncbi Reproducibility and validity of dietary glycemic index, dietary glycemic load, and total carbohydrate intake in 141 Swedish men
    Emily B Levitan
    Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 85:548-53. 2007
  10. ncbi Maternal smoking during pregnancy and child overweight: systematic review and meta-analysis
    E Oken
    Obesity Prevention Program, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Int J Obes (Lond) 32:201-10. 2008

Detail Information

Publications15

  1. ncbi Relation of consistency with the dietary approaches to stop hypertension diet and incidence of heart failure in men aged 45 to 79 years
    Emily B Levitan
    Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Am J Cardiol 104:1416-20. 2009
    ..006). In conclusion, greater consistency with the DASH diet was associated with lower rates HF events in men aged 45 to 79 years...
  2. ncbi Adiposity and incidence of heart failure hospitalization and mortality: a population-based prospective study
    Emily B Levitan
    Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass, USA
    Circ Heart Fail 2:202-8. 2009
    ..Obesity is associated with heart failure (HF) incidence. We examined the strength of the association of body mass index (BMI) with HF by age and joint associations of BMI and waist circumference (WC)...
  3. ncbi Consistency with the DASH diet and incidence of heart failure
    Emily B Levitan
    Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 375 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Arch Intern Med 169:851-7. 2009
    ..We hypothesized that diets consistent with the DASH diet would be associated with a lower incidence of heart failure (HF)...
  4. ncbi Fish consumption, marine omega-3 fatty acids, and incidence of heart failure: a population-based prospective study of middle-aged and elderly men
    Emily B Levitan
    Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 375 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Eur Heart J 30:1495-500. 2009
    ..We therefore conducted a population-based, prospective study of 39 367 middle-aged and older Swedish men...
  5. ncbi Dietary glycemic index, dietary glycemic load, blood lipids, and C-reactive protein
    Emily B Levitan
    Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Metabolism 57:437-43. 2008
    ..24, and TG = 13 mg/dL). Differences in blood lipids and CRP between extreme quintiles of dietary GI and GL were small, but may translate into a clinically meaningful difference in cardiovascular risk...
  6. ncbi Dietary glycemic index, dietary glycemic load and mortality among men with established cardiovascular disease
    E B Levitan
    Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Eur J Clin Nutr 63:552-7. 2009
    ..We tested the hypothesis that diets with higher GI and GL are associated with increased mortality in men with established cardiovascular disease...
  7. ncbi HbA1c measured in stored erythrocytes and mortality rate among middle-aged and older women
    E B Levitan
    Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 375 Longwood Avenue, MS 443, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Diabetologia 51:267-75. 2008
    ..We examined the association between HbA1c measured in stored erythrocytes and mortality rate in women with and without diabetes...
  8. ncbi Dietary glycemic index, dietary glycemic load, and cardiovascular disease in middle-aged and older Swedish men
    Emily B Levitan
    Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 85:1521-6. 2007
    ..In women, dietary glycemic index (GI) and dietary glycemic load (GL) have been associated with cardiovascular disease; in men, however, the evidence for an association is weaker...
  9. ncbi Reproducibility and validity of dietary glycemic index, dietary glycemic load, and total carbohydrate intake in 141 Swedish men
    Emily B Levitan
    Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 85:548-53. 2007
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  10. ncbi Maternal smoking during pregnancy and child overweight: systematic review and meta-analysis
    E Oken
    Obesity Prevention Program, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Int J Obes (Lond) 32:201-10. 2008
    ..Perform a systematic review of studies reporting on the association between maternal prenatal cigarette smoking and child overweight...
  11. ncbi Effects of oral magnesium supplementation on glycaemic control in Type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis of randomized double-blind controlled trials
    Y Song
    Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Diabet Med 23:1050-6. 2006
    ..The aim of this study was to assess the evidence on the effect of oral magnesium supplementation on glycaemic control in patients with Type 2 diabetes...
  12. ncbi Meta-analysis of the placebo response in ulcerative colitis
    Sagar Garud
    Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 300 Deaconess Building, 1 Deaconess Road, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Dig Dis Sci 53:875-91. 2008
    ..The placebo response rate in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in ulcerative colitis (UC) varies from 0 to 76%. The aims of this study were to quantify the pooled placebo response rate and identify the factors affecting it...
  13. ncbi Prevalent cocaine use and myocardial infarction
    Stella Aslibekyan
    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Am J Cardiol 102:966-9. 2008
    ..In conclusion, these data support a substantial association between cocaine use and MI; the temporal trend in cocaine use may increase the occurrence of MI, particularly in younger populations...
  14. ncbi Association between consumption of beer, wine, and liquor and plasma concentration of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in women aged 39 to 89 years
    Emily B Levitan
    Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Am J Cardiol 96:83-8. 2005
    ..09 mg/L (p = 0.43). The association between alcohol and hs-CRP concentration appears to be mediated primarily by ethanol and was independent of the type of alcoholic beverage consumed once BMI was taken into account...
  15. ncbi Is nondiabetic hyperglycemia a risk factor for cardiovascular disease? A meta-analysis of prospective studies
    Emily B Levitan
    Division of Preventive Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Arch Intern Med 164:2147-55. 2004
    ..Although hyperglycemia increases the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in diabetic patients, the risk associated with blood glucose levels in the nondiabetic range remains unsettled...