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| Zhao ChenSummaryAffiliation: University of Arizona Country: USA Publications
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Stronger bone correlates with African admixture in African-American womenZhao Chen
Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
J Bone Miner Res 26:2307-16. 2011..However, women with higher percent African admixture had larger reductions in bone strength than non-Hispanic white women during the follow-up...
The relationship between incidence of fractures and anemia in older multiethnic womenZhao Chen
Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85724, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 58:2337-44. 2010....
Osteoporosis and rate of bone loss among postmenopausal survivors of breast cancerZhao Chen
Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85724, USA
Cancer 104:1520-30. 2005..Breast cancer diagnosis and treatment may put women at higher risk for osteoporosis in later life...- Effect of hormone therapy on lean body mass, falls, and fractures: 6-year results from the Women's Health Initiative hormone trialsJennifer W Bea
Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, AZ 85724 5024, USA
Menopause 18:44-52. 2011.... - Hormone therapy improves femur geometry among ethnically diverse postmenopausal participants in the Women's Health Initiative hormone intervention trialsZhao Chen
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85724 5211, USA
J Bone Miner Res 23:1935-45. 2008..3-3.6% for section modulus and -5.3% to - 4.3% for buckling ratio. Hormone interventions led to favorable changes in femur geometry, which may help explain the reduced fracture risk observed in hormone interventions... - Indigenous American ancestry is associated with arsenic methylation efficiency in an admixed population of northwest MexicoPaulina Gomez-Rubio
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
J Toxicol Environ Health A 75:36-49. 2012.... - Rheumatoid arthritis is associated with less optimal hip structural geometryNicole C Wright
Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
J Clin Densitom 15:39-48. 2012..Within the WHI-BMD, women with RA group had reduced BMD and structural geometry at baseline, and this reduction was seen at a fixed rate throughout the 9 yr of study... - Arthritis increases the risk for fractures--results from the Women's Health InitiativeNicole C Wright
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
J Rheumatol 38:1680-8. 2011..To examine the relationship between arthritis and fracture... - Lower trabecular volumetric BMD at metaphyseal regions of weight-bearing bones is associated with prior fracture in young girlsJoshua N Farr
Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 0093, USA
J Bone Miner Res 26:380-7. 2011..Lower trabecular vBMD at metaphyseal sites of long bones may be an early marker of skeletal fragility in girls... - Self-reported osteoarthritis, ethnicity, body mass index, and other associated risk factors in postmenopausal women-results from the Women's Health InitiativeNicole C Wright
Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, Tuscon, Arizona, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:1736-43. 2008..79, 3.91) women, indicating a significant interactive effect of BMI and ethnicity on odds of OA. In conclusion, OA is a highly prevalent condition in postmenopausal women, and there are differential effects according to ethnicity... - Hip bone density predicts breast cancer risk independently of Gail score: results from the Women's Health InitiativeZhao Chen
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Arizona College of Public Health, Tucson, Arizona 85724 5211, USA
Cancer 113:907-15. 2008..The objective of the current study was to investigate whether hip BMD predicts postmenopausal breast cancer risk independently of the Gail score... - Postmenopausal hormone therapy and body composition--a substudy of the estrogen plus progestin trial of the Women's Health InitiativeZhao Chen
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 82:651-6. 2005..It has been suggested that hormone therapy may help counter undesirable changes in body composition in older women... - Skeletal muscle fat content is inversely associated with bone strength in young girlsJoshua N Farr
Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 0093, USA
J Bone Miner Res 26:2217-25. 2011..03-0.05, p > .05), except the distal tibia (β = 0.09, p = .03). In conclusion, skeletal muscle fat content of the calf and thigh is inversely associated with weight-bearing bone strength in young girls... - Relationship of total body fat mass to weight-bearing bone volumetric density, geometry, and strength in young girlsJoshua N Farr
Department of Physiological Sciences, The University of Arizona, 1713 E University Blvd 93, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Bone 46:977-84. 2010..Nevertheless, girls with higher TBFM relative to body mass have markedly diminished vBMD, geometry, and bone strength at metaphyseal and diaphyseal sites of the femur and tibia... - Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry is a valid tool for assessing skeletal muscle mass in older womenZhao Chen
College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
J Nutr 137:2775-80. 2007..We conclude that DXA is a reliable method for cross-sectional assessments of SMM in older women... - Pilot study of dietary influences on mammographic density in pre- and postmenopausal Hispanic and non-Hispanic white womenCynthia A Thomson
Department of Nutritional Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721 0038, USA
Menopause 14:243-50. 2007.... - Validity of self-report for fractures among a multiethnic cohort of postmenopausal women: results from the Women's Health Initiative observational study and clinical trialsZhao Chen
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Menopause 11:264-74. 2004..The purpose of this study is to examine the validity of, and factors associated with, the accuracy of self-report (participant-report and proxy-report) for fractures... - Wheat bran fiber supplementation and bone loss among older peopleZhao Chen
Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, USA
Nutrition 20:747-51. 2004..The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of wheat bran fiber (WBF) supplementation on bone loss in older people... - Low bone density and high percentage of body fat among men who were treated with androgen deprivation therapy for prostate carcinomaZhao Chen
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85716, USA
Cancer 95:2136-44. 2002..In the current case-control study, the authors examined the prevalence and magnitude of low bone density and obesity among men with prostate carcinoma who were treated with ADT... - Performance evaluation of a multiplex assay for future use in biomarker discovery efforts to predict body compositionJennifer W Bea
Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
Clin Chem Lab Med 49:817-24. 2011..We sought to determine the best blood fraction for multiplex evaluation of circulating biomarkers in post-menopausal women, and to explore body composition phenotype discrimination by biomarkers... - Fracture risk among breast cancer survivors: results from the Women's Health Initiative Observational StudyZhao Chen
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, PO Box 245203, 1540 E Drachman, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
Arch Intern Med 165:552-8. 2005..We tested the hypothesis in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study that postmenopausal survivors of breast cancer have a higher risk for fractures compared with women who have no cancer history... - Association between body mass index and arsenic methylation efficiency in adult women from southwest U.S. and northwest MexicoPaulina Gomez-Rubio
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 0207, USA
Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 252:176-82. 2011....
Research Grants
- Biomarkers and Genetic Factors Related to Sarcopenia in WomenZhao Chen; Fiscal Year: 2009..Results of this study will have significant impacts on the prevention and reduction of adverse health outcomes associated with sarcopenia of older women in the United States. ..
- Anemia and Its Relationship with Sarcopenia, Physical Function, and MortalityZhao Chen; Fiscal Year: 2009..This study has a great potential to provide new and critical evidence that is needed for preventing and managing anemia in older women from different health, age and ethnic backgrounds. ..
- Biomarkers and Genetic Factors Related to Sarcopenia in WomenZhao Chen; Fiscal Year: 2007..Results of this study will have significant impacts on the prevention and reduction of adverse health outcomes associated with sarcopenia of older women in the United States. ..
- Longitudinal Changes in Hip Geometry and Skeletal MuscleZhao Chen; Fiscal Year: 2007..abstract_text> ..
- Longitudinal Changes in Hip Geometry and Skeletal MuscleZhao Chen; Fiscal Year: 2007..abstract_text> ..
- Biomarkers and Genetic Factors Related to Sarcopenia in WomenZhao Chen; Fiscal Year: 2010..Results of this study will have significant impacts on the prevention and reduction of adverse health outcomes associated with sarcopenia of older women in the United States. ..