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Disparities in allele frequencies and population differentiation for 101 disease-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms between Puerto Ricans and non-Hispanic whitesJosiemer Mattei
Jean Mayer US Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
BMC Genet 10:45. 2009....- The APOA1/C3/A4/A5 cluster and markers of allostatic load in the Boston Puerto Rican Health StudyJ Mattei
Jean Mayer US Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 21:862-70. 2011..We aimed to determine the association between polymorphisms in the APOA1/C3/A4/A5 cluster with allostatic load parameters, alone, and in interaction with dietary fat intake in Puerto Ricans adults... - Apolipoprotein A5 polymorphisms interact with total dietary fat intake in association with markers of metabolic syndrome in Puerto Rican older adultsJosiemer Mattei
Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111, USA
J Nutr 139:2301-8. 2009..Dietary fat intake seems to modulate these associations. The results contribute to the understanding of health disparities in this population... - Perilipin polymorphism interacts with dietary carbohydrates to modulate anthropometric traits in hispanics of Caribbean originCaren E Smith
Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA
J Nutr 138:1852-8. 2008..These interactions may be relevant to dietary management of obesity... - The effects of ABCG5/G8 polymorphisms on plasma HDL cholesterol concentrations depend on smoking habit in the Boston Puerto Rican Health StudyMireia Junyent
The Jean Mayer United States Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
J Lipid Res 50:565-73. 2009..002) among smokers. In conclusion, ABCG5/G8 genetic variants modulate HDL-C concentrations, leading to an HDL-C-lowering effect and thereby a potential increased risk for atherosclerosis only in smokers... - Apolipoprotein C3 polymorphisms, cognitive function and diabetes in Caribbean origin HispanicsCaren E Smith
Jean Mayer US Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
PLoS ONE 4:e5465. 2009.... - A meat, processed meat, and French fries dietary pattern is associated with high allostatic load in Puerto Rican older adultsJosiemer Mattei
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 111:1498-506. 2011..Consumption of certain dietary patterns, such as a Western diet, has been associated with unfavorable physiologic outcomes. Diet has been proposed as a contributor to allostatic load, a composite measure of physiological dysregulation... - Variants of the CD36 gene and metabolic syndrome in Boston Puerto Rican adultsSabrina E Noel
Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging HNRCA, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111, United States
Atherosclerosis 211:210-5. 2010..We aimed to determine the association between 6 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for CD36 and metabolic syndrome and its components in Puerto Ricans (45-75 year) living in the Greater Boston area... - Association of vitamin B-6 status with inflammation, oxidative stress, and chronic inflammatory conditions: the Boston Puerto Rican Health StudyJian Shen
Jean Mayer US Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, 711 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111 1524, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 91:337-42. 2010..Low vitamin B-6 status has been linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases. The cardioprotective effects of vitamin B-6 independent of homocysteine suggest that additional mechanisms may be involved... - Population admixture associated with disease prevalence in the Boston Puerto Rican health studyChao Qiang Lai
Nutrition and Genomics Laboratory, JM USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, 711 Washington St, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Hum Genet 125:199-209. 2009.... 
Association between commercial and traditional sugar-sweetened beverages and measures of adiposity in Costa RicaJinnie J Rhee
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Public Health Nutr 15:1347-54. 2012..The current study examined the association between commercial and traditional SSB and measures of adiposity in Costa Rica...- The Boston Puerto Rican Health Study, a longitudinal cohort study on health disparities in Puerto Rican adults: challenges and opportunitiesKatherine L Tucker
USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
BMC Public Health 10:107. 2010.... - Substituting homemade fruit juice for sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with lower odds of metabolic syndrome among Hispanic adultsJosiemer Mattei
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
J Nutr 142:1081-7. 2012..86 (95% CI: 0.74, 1.00). In conclusion, reducing the consumption of SSB and substituting them with homemade fruit juices in moderation may be a culturally appropriate approach to lower MetS among Hispanic adults... - A higher ratio of beans to white rice is associated with lower cardiometabolic risk factors in Costa Rican adultsJosiemer Mattei
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 94:869-76. 2011..Costa Ricans follow a staple dietary pattern that includes white rice and beans, yet the combined role of these foods on cardiometabolic risk factors has not been studied... - Allostatic load is associated with chronic conditions in the Boston Puerto Rican Health StudyJosiemer Mattei
Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
Soc Sci Med 70:1988-96. 2010..These results have prospective research implications for Puerto Ricans and other ethnic groups... 
A symposium and workshop report from the Global Nutrition and Epidemiologic Transition Initiative: nutrition transition and the global burden of type 2 diabetesJosiemer Mattei
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Br J Nutr 108:1325-35. 2012....- TCF7L2 genetic variants modulate the effect of dietary fat intake on changes in body composition during a weight-loss interventionJosiemer Mattei
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 96:1129-36. 2012..Observational studies and short-term trials have suggested that macronutrients may modify these effects. However, to our knowledge, this has yet to be verified in long-term interventions...