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Comparison of methods for achieving 24-hour energy balance in a whole-room indirect calorimeterGary K Grunwald
Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver Colorado 80262, USA
Obes Res 11:752-9. 2003..To evaluate and compare methods for achieving 24-hour energy balance in a whole-room indirect calorimeter...
Quantifying and separating the effects of macronutrient composition and non-macronutrients on energy densityG K Grunwald
Center for Human Nutrition, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA
Br J Nutr 86:265-76. 2001..These results illustrate the importance of considering non-macronutrients in the design and analysis of experimental or observational dietary data...
Number of days, number of subjects, and sources of variation in longitudinal intervention or crossover feeding trials with multiple days of measurementGary K Grunwald
Center for Human Nutrition and Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA
Br J Nutr 90:1087-95. 2003..Greater precision and fewer required days were noted in the study (Olestra) that exerted greater control over the subjects and diets during the feeding protocol...
Total energy expenditure and carbohydrate oxidation are increased in the human immunodeficiency virus lipodystrophy syndromeLisa A Kosmiski
Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA
Metabolism 52:620-5. 2003..The increase in TEE appears to be due to increases in REE. The pathogenesis of elevated EE in HIV lipodystrophy and other forms of lipodystrophy remains to be determined...
Resistance and aerobic exercise have similar effects on 24-h nutrient oxidationEdward L Melanson
Center for Human Nutrition, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, 80262, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 34:1793-800. 2002..Whether resistance exercise is as effective as aerobic exercise for body-weight management is debated...
Outcomes after acute coronary syndrome admission to primary versus tertiary Veterans Affairs medical centers: the Veterans Affairs Access to Cardiology studyJohn S Rumsfeld
Cardiology and Health Services Research, Denver VA Medical Center, Denver, CO 80220, USA
Am Heart J 151:32-8. 2006..We compared the health status and rehospitalization of patients with ACS admitted to primary versus tertiary care Veterans Affairs hospitals...
Twenty-four-hour metabolic responses to resistance exercise in womenEdward L Melanson
Center for Human Nutrition, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA
J Strength Cond Res 19:61-6. 2005..Thus, in women, the increase in EE due to resistance exercise is largely seen during and immediately after the exercise. The increased energy demand is met by increased carbohydrate oxidation, with no increase in 24-hour fat oxidation...
When energy balance is maintained, exercise does not induce negative fat balance in lean sedentary, obese sedentary, or lean endurance-trained individualsEdward L Melanson
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, Center for Human Nutrition, University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado 80045, USA
J Appl Physiol 107:1847-56. 2009..e., energy balance is maintained), 24-h fat oxidation does not increase and in fact, may be slightly decreased. It appears that the state of energy balance is an underappreciated factor determining the impact of exercise on fat oxidation...
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: physiologic tests, quantitative CT indexes, and CT visual scores as predictors of mortalityAlan C Best
Department of Radiology, University of Colorado Denver, 4200 E 9th Ave, Denver, CO 80262, USA
Radiology 246:935-40. 2008....
Comparison of short-term mortality risk factors for valve replacement versus coronary artery bypass graft surgerySheila C Gardner
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 77:549-56. 2004..However, clinicians should be aware of the importance of preoperative functional status as a unique predictor of mortality following valve surgery...
Changes in 24-h substrate oxidation in older and younger men in response to exerciseEdward L Melanson
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, University of Colorado at Denver Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA
J Appl Physiol 103:1576-82. 2007..We speculate that differences in the availability of circulating free fatty acids in the postprandial state contributed to the observed differences in 24-h fat oxidation in OM and YM...
Dietary fat increases energy intake across the range of typical consumption in the United StatesWilliam Donahoo
Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Denver, Colorado, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:64-9. 2008..This study was designed to measure accurately the voluntary food and energy intake over a range of typical intake for dietary fat...
Relationship of body mass index with outcomes after coronary artery bypass graft surgeryBrandie D Wagner
Division of Cardiac Research, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, Colorado 80220, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 84:10-6. 2007..This study aims to investigate this association, and to uncover possible explanations for the lack of consensus across prior studies...
The association between processes, structures and outcomes of secondary prevention care among VA ischemic heart disease patientsP Michael Ho
Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA
BMC Cardiovasc Disord 6:6. 2006....
Exploring the volume-outcome relationship for off-pump coronary artery bypass graft proceduresMary E Plomondon
Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, Colorado 80220, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 81:547-53. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: We did not find an association between OPCABG volume with short-term mortality, perioperative morbidity, or intermediate-term (180-day) mortality...
Differences in resting metabolic rate between white and African-American young adultsTeresa A Sharp
Center for Human Nutrition, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA
Obes Res 10:726-32. 2002..A reported lower resting metabolic rate (RMR) in African-American women than in white women could explain the higher prevalence of obesity in the former group. Little information is available on RMR in African-American men...
Primary care provider turnover and quality in managed care organizationsMary E Plomondon
Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, Colo 80220, USA
Am J Manag Care 13:465-72. 2007..To examine the association between primary care provider turnover in managed care organizations and measures of member satisfaction and preventive care...
Association of anthropometric measures with risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease in Hispanic and Caucasian adolescentsTeresa A Sharp
Center for Human Nutrition, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA
Prev Med 37:611-6. 2003..There are limited data relating obesity status in Hispanic adolescents to diabetes and CVD risk...
Time-varying risk factors for long-term mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgeryDexiang Gao
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, Colorado 80220, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 81:793-9. 2006..These findings may help clinicians identify appropriate management strategies for patients during the years after CABG surgery, and support an emphasis on noncardiac comorbidities during later postoperative periods...
Physical activity patterns using accelerometry in the National Weight Control RegistryVictoria A Catenacci
Center for Human Nutrition, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 19:1163-70. 2011..e., ≥10 min in duration) may play an important role. Interventions targeting increases in structured exercise may be needed to improve long-term weight-loss maintenance...
Effects of short-term overfeeding on hunger, satiety, and energy intake in thin and reduced-obese individualsMarc Andre Cornier
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 E 9th Ave, B 151, Denver, CO 80226, USA
Appetite 43:253-9. 2004..These individuals may sense positive energy balance more appropriately than those individuals prone to weight gain...
Effect of exercise intensity on 24-h energy expenditure and nutrient oxidationEdward L Melanson
Center for Human Nutrition, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA
J Appl Physiol 92:1045-52. 2002..It is concluded that exercise intensity has no effect on 24-h EE or nutrient oxidation. Additionally, it appears that women may sustain slightly greater 24-h fat oxidation rates during waking and active periods of the day...
Cardiology management improves secondary prevention measures among patients with coronary artery diseaseP Michael Ho
Health Services Research, Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 80220, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 43:1517-23. 2004..The goal of this study was to determine if cardiology subspecialty involvement improves the attainment of recommended low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and blood pressure (BP) targets in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients...
Glucose kinetics differ between women and men, during and after exerciseTracy J Horton
Section of Nutrition, Box C225, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 East 9th Ave, and Department of Preventive Medicine, Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO 80262, USA
J Appl Physiol 100:1883-94. 2006..Sex differences in the glucagon increase to exercise, and/or the epinephrine levels during exercise, may play a role in determining these sex differences in exercise glucose turnover...
Relationship between processes of care and coronary bypass operative mortality and morbidityA Laurie W Shroyer
Medical Research Service, Denver VA Medical Center, Denver, CO 80220, USA
Med Care 42:59-70. 2004..Further evaluation of these processes of care using observational data, as well as randomized trials when feasible, would be of interest...
Serum lithium concentration can be used to assess dietary compliance in adultsWilliam T Donahoo
Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA
J Nutr 134:3133-6. 2004..Li can be used as a biomarker to determine dietary compliance. Measuring serum Li 3-9 h after the last dose provides the highest sensitivity and specificity for noncompliance at doses <70%...
Analysis of longitudinal count data with serial correlationStanley Xu
Kaiser Permanente Colorado, P O Box 378066, Denver, Colorado 80237, USA
Biom J 49:416-28. 2007..The model is applied to Epileptic Seizure data and Primary Care Visits Data. Missing and unequally spaced observations are handled naturally with this model...
Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry modeling to explain the increased resting energy expenditure associated with the HIV lipoatrophy syndromeLisa A Kosmiski
Departments of Medicine and Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Denver, Denver, CO, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 90:1525-31. 2009....
Variation in mortality risk factors with time after coronary artery bypass graft operationDexiang Gao
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, Colorado 80220, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 75:74-81. 2003..This information may help clinicians focus management strategies for patients during the 7 months after operation...
Weight loss in a community initiative that promotes decreased energy intake and increased physical activity and dairy consumption: Calcium Weighs-InHolly R Wyatt
University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Dept of Pediatrics, Center for Human Nutrition, Denver, CO 80262, USA
J Phys Act Health 5:28-44. 2008..This project addresses the need to identify feasible, effective weight-management programs that can be implemented within communities. The controversial role of dairy products in weight-management programs is also explored...
Carbohydrate balance predicts weight and fat gain in adultsRobert H Eckel
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, PO Box 6511, MS 8106, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 83:803-8. 2006..The prevention and treatment of obesity is a public health challenge...
History of depression, angina, and quality of life after acute coronary syndromesJohn S Rumsfeld
Cardiology, Denver VA Medical Center, Denver, Colo 80206, USA
Am Heart J 145:493-9. 2003..These findings further support the importance of depression as a risk marker for adverse outcomes after ACS...
Continuous time Markov models for binary longitudinal dataRichard H Jones
Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Campus Box B119, Denver, CO 80262, USA
Biom J 48:411-9. 2006..These models are applied to an intervention study designed to reduce children's sun exposure...
The induction of human superoxide dismutase and catalase in vivo: a fundamentally new approach to antioxidant therapySally K Nelson
Webb-Waring Institute for Cancer, Aging and Antioxidant Research, University of Colorado Denver Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA
Free Radic Biol Med 40:341-7. 2006....
Long-term weight loss and breakfast in subjects in the National Weight Control RegistryHolly R Wyatt
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA
Obes Res 10:78-82. 2002..To examine breakfast consumption in subjects maintaining a weight loss in the National Weight Control Registry (NWCR)...
Quantitative CT indexes in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: relationship with physiologic impairmentAlan C Best
Department of Radiology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 3025 E 11th Ave, Denver, CO 80262, USA
Radiology 228:407-14. 2003....
Simvastatin lowers C-reactive protein within 14 days: an effect independent of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol reductionJulie K Plenge
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colo 80262, USA
Circulation 106:1447-52. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: Simvastatin lowers hsCRP by 14 days, independent of its effect on LDL cholesterol. This rapid impact of a statin on hsCRP has potential implications in the management of acute coronary syndromes...
Relationship between waist circumference, body mass index, and medical care costsMarc-Andre Cornier
Department of Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center and Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80204, USA
Obes Res 10:1167-72. 2002..DISCUSSION: These results suggest that abdominal adiposity as assessed by WC is associated with increased total health care charges and may be a better predictor of health care charges than the more widely used BMI...
The impact of ethnicity on outcomes following coronary artery bypass graft surgery in the Veterans Health AdministrationJohn S Rumsfeld
Cardiology 111B, Denver VA Medical Center, 1055 Clermont Street, Denver, Colorado 80222, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 40:1786-93. 2002..We evaluated the effect of African American (AA) and Hispanic American (HA) ethnicity on mortality and complications following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)...
Zinc absorption from low-phytate hybrids of maize and their wild-type isohybridsK Michael Hambidge
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Nutrition, Denver 80262, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 79:1053-9. 2004....
Disease severity at time of referral for pediatric failure to thrive and obesity: time for a paradigm shift?Laurie A Miller
Section of Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver 80262, USA
J Pediatr 141:121-4. 2002..Results indicated that underweight children were mildly underweight, whereas the overweight children were severely so. In primary care settings, underweight children may be referred more aggressively than overweight children...
Analysis of repeated measures data with clumping at zeroJanet A Tooze
National Cancer Institute, Executive Plaza North, Suite 3131, 6130 Executive Blvd, MSC7354, Bethesda, MD 20892 7354, USA
Stat Methods Med Res 11:341-55. 2002..The proposed methods are illustrated with analyses of effects of several covariates on medical expenditures in 1996 for subjects clustered within households using data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey...
Mixed models for the analysis of replicated spatial point patternsMelanie L Bell
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand
Biostatistics 5:633-48. 2004..Fixed- and mixed-effect models are compared, and in some respects the mixed model is found to be superior. An example using the Strauss process for modeling neuron locations in post-mortem brain slices is shown...
Zinc absorption in Guatemalan schoolchildren fed normal or low-phytate maizeManolo Mazariegos
Center for Studies of Sensory Impairments, Aging, and Metabolism, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Am J Clin Nutr 83:59-64. 2006..Poor bioavailability of zinc from high-phytate diets is an important contributory factor to zinc deficiency in low-income populations...
Modest serum creatinine elevation affects adverse outcome after general surgeryRalph Gonzales
Division of Cardiac Research, Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Colorado, USA
Kidney Int 62:585-92. 2002..5 mg/dL) is a significant predictor of risk-adjusted morbidity and mortality after general surgery. A preoperative serum creatinine of 1.5 mg/dL or higher is a readily available marker for potential adverse outcomes after general surgery...
Standard versus fiberoptic pulmonary artery catheterization for cardiac surgery in the Department of Veterans Affairs: a prospective, observational, multicenter analysisMartin J London
San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94121 1598, USA
Anesthesiology 96:860-70. 2002..Here the authors relate these data to clinical outcomes...
Relationship of processes and structures of care in general surgery to postoperative outcomes: a hierarchical analysisTracy L Schifftner
National Surgical Quality Improvement Program, Office of Patient Care Services, Department of Veterans Affairs, Aurora, CO, USA
J Am Coll Surg 204:1166-77. 2007..The purpose of this study was to identify the important processes and structures of surgical care that relate to 30-day, risk-adjusted postoperative morbidity in general surgery...
