Mary L Biggs

Summary

Affiliation: University of Washington
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Ginkgo biloba and risk of cancer: secondary analysis of the Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory (GEM) Study
    Mary L Biggs
    Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
    Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 19:694-8. 2010
  2. ncbi Maternal, delivery, and perinatal characteristics associated with cryptorchidism: a population-based case-control study among births in Washington State
    Mary Lou Biggs
    Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
    Epidemiology 13:197-204. 2002
  3. ncbi Differences in testis cancer survival by race and ethnicity: a population-based study, 1973-1999 (United States)
    Mary Lou Biggs
    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, M4 C308, P O Box 19024, Seattle, WA 98109 1024, USA
    Cancer Causes Control 15:437-44. 2004
  4. ncbi Serum organochlorine pesticide residues and risk of testicular germ cell carcinoma: a population-based case-control study
    Mary L Biggs
    Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Box 354922, Seattle, WA 98195 4922, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:2012-8. 2008
  5. ncbi Association between adiposity in midlife and older age and risk of diabetes in older adults
    Mary L Biggs
    Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    JAMA 303:2504-12. 2010
  6. ncbi Chronic kidney disease, insulin resistance, and incident diabetes in older adults
    Hien Pham
    Division of Nephrology and Kidney Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, 98195, USA
    Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 7:588-94. 2012
  7. ncbi Association of marijuana use and the incidence of testicular germ cell tumors
    Janet R Daling
    Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
    Cancer 115:1215-23. 2009
  8. ncbi Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration and risk for major clinical disease events in a community-based population of older adults: a cohort study
    Ian H De Boer
    University of Washington, Seattle, USA
    Ann Intern Med 156:627-34. 2012
  9. ncbi Physical activity in adolescence and testicular germ cell cancer risk
    Alyson J Littman
    Seattle Epidemiologic Research and Information Center, Department of Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, USA
    Cancer Causes Control 20:1281-90. 2009
  10. ncbi Markers of inflammation in prevalent and incident Parkinson's disease in the Cardiovascular Health Study
    Thanh G N Ton
    Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Box 359775, Harborview Medical Center, 325 Ninth Ave, Seattle, WA 98125, USA
    Parkinsonism Relat Disord 18:274-8. 2012

Detail Information

Publications15

  1. ncbi Ginkgo biloba and risk of cancer: secondary analysis of the Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory (GEM) Study
    Mary L Biggs
    Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
    Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 19:694-8. 2010
    ..We analyzed cancer as a secondary endpoint in the Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory (GEM) Study, the largest randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of Ginkgo supplementation to date...
  2. ncbi Maternal, delivery, and perinatal characteristics associated with cryptorchidism: a population-based case-control study among births in Washington State
    Mary Lou Biggs
    Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
    Epidemiology 13:197-204. 2002
    ..To identify maternal, perinatal, and delivery characteristics associated with cryptorchidism at birth, we conducted a population-based case-control study using Washington State birth certificates linked to birth hospitalization records...
  3. ncbi Differences in testis cancer survival by race and ethnicity: a population-based study, 1973-1999 (United States)
    Mary Lou Biggs
    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, M4 C308, P O Box 19024, Seattle, WA 98109 1024, USA
    Cancer Causes Control 15:437-44. 2004
    ..We examined the relationship between race/ethnicity and testis cancer survival in a population-based setting...
  4. ncbi Serum organochlorine pesticide residues and risk of testicular germ cell carcinoma: a population-based case-control study
    Mary L Biggs
    Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Box 354922, Seattle, WA 98195 4922, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:2012-8. 2008
    ..Due to uncertainty regarding how well organochlorine levels measured in adulthood reflect exposures during early life, further research is needed using exposure measurements collected in utero or during infancy...
  5. ncbi Association between adiposity in midlife and older age and risk of diabetes in older adults
    Mary L Biggs
    Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    JAMA 303:2504-12. 2010
    ..Adiposity is a well-recognized risk factor for type 2 diabetes among young and middle-aged adults, but the relationship between body composition and type 2 diabetes is not well described among older adults...
  6. ncbi Chronic kidney disease, insulin resistance, and incident diabetes in older adults
    Hien Pham
    Division of Nephrology and Kidney Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, 98195, USA
    Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 7:588-94. 2012
    ..Insulin resistance is a complication of advanced CKD. Insulin resistance is less well characterized in earlier stages of CKD. The response of the pancreatic β cell, effects on glucose tolerance, and risk of diabetes are not clear...
  7. ncbi Association of marijuana use and the incidence of testicular germ cell tumors
    Janet R Daling
    Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
    Cancer 115:1215-23. 2009
    ..In this study, the authors tested the hypothesis that marijuana use is a risk factor for TGCT...
  8. ncbi Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration and risk for major clinical disease events in a community-based population of older adults: a cohort study
    Ian H De Boer
    University of Washington, Seattle, USA
    Ann Intern Med 156:627-34. 2012
    ..Current clinical 25-(OH)D targets based on associations with intermediate markers of bone metabolism may not reflect optimal levels for other chronic diseases and do not account for known seasonal variation in 25-(OH)D concentration...
  9. ncbi Physical activity in adolescence and testicular germ cell cancer risk
    Alyson J Littman
    Seattle Epidemiologic Research and Information Center, Department of Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, USA
    Cancer Causes Control 20:1281-90. 2009
    ..To further examine whether physical activity (PA) in adolescence is associated with TGCC risk, the authors conducted a case-control study in western Washington State...
  10. ncbi Markers of inflammation in prevalent and incident Parkinson's disease in the Cardiovascular Health Study
    Thanh G N Ton
    Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Box 359775, Harborview Medical Center, 325 Ninth Ave, Seattle, WA 98125, USA
    Parkinsonism Relat Disord 18:274-8. 2012
    ..We assessed associations of baseline levels of inflammatory markers with prevalent PD at baseline (1989) and incident PD identified over 13 years of follow-up of the Cardiovascular Health Study...
  11. ncbi Plasma omega-3 fatty acids and incident diabetes in older adults
    Luc Djousse
    Division of Aging, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 94:527-33. 2011
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  12. ncbi Omega-3 fatty acids and incident type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    Jason H Y Wu
    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, 665 Huntington Ave, Kresge Building 913, Boston MA 02115, USA
    Br J Nutr 107:S214-27. 2012
    ..Reasons for potential heterogeneity of effects, which could include true biologic heterogeneity, publication bias, or chance, deserve further investigation...
  13. ncbi C-reactive protein, interleukin-6, and prostate cancer risk in men aged 65 years and older
    Brandon L Pierce
    Institute for Public Health Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    Cancer Causes Control 20:1193-203. 2009
    ..21). Our results suggest that circulating CRP and IL-6 do not influence PCa risk. SNPs at the CRP locus are not associated with PCa risk in this cohort, while the association between rs1800795 and PCa risk warrants further investigation...
  14. ncbi Later life disability status following incarceration as a prisoner of war
    Stephen C Hunt
    VA Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 98108, USA
    Mil Med 173:613-8. 2008
    ..The objective of this project was to identify aspects of POW incarceration which are associated with later life disability status...
  15. ncbi Polymorphisms in the mitochondrial DNA control region and frailty in older adults
    Ann Z Moore
    Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    PLoS ONE 5:e11069. 2010
    ..Mitochondrial genetic variation may contribute to altered susceptibility to the frailty syndrome in older adults...