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Genomes and GenesSpecies | Katherine BowersSummaryAffiliation: National Institutes of Health Country: USA Publications
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A prospective study of prepregnancy dietary fat intake and risk of gestational diabetesKatherine Bowers
Epidemiology Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 95:446-53. 2012..Fatty acids play a vital role in glucose homeostasis; however, studies on habitual dietary fat intakes and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) risk are limited and provide conflicting findings...
A prospective study of prepregnancy dietary iron intake and risk for gestational diabetes mellitusKatherine Bowers
Epidemiology Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Diabetes Care 34:1557-63. 2011..The current study is to determine if prepregnancy dietary and supplemental iron intakes are associated with the risk of GDM...
Invited commentary: causation or "noitasuac"?Enrique Schisterman
Epidemiology Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland 20854, USA
Am J Epidemiol 173:984-7; reply 988-9. 2011..This creates a complex causal system that requires careful scrutiny. The methods presented here may be applicable to a wide range of studies that involve time-varying exposures and time-varying confounders...
Polymorphisms in the neuropeptide Y gene and the risk of obesity: findings from two prospective cohortsEdwina H Yeung
Epidemiology Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 6100 Executive Boulevard, 7B03, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 96:E2055-62. 2011..Neuropeptide Y (NPY) increases appetite and food intake in animals. Conflicting evidence has been found for the association between polymorphisms of the NPY gene and obesity in humans...
Birth weight, postnatal weight change, and risk for high blood pressure among chinese childrenKatherine Bowers
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20852, USA
Pediatrics 127:e1272-9. 2011..Previous studies were conducted largely in Western countries however the hypothesis may also be relevant in developing countries where metabolic disorders are increasing...
