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..Young-adult exposures (e.g., early first pregnancy and age at immigration) and proximal lifestyle factors (e.g., smoking, physical inactivity, vegetarian diet, and betel nut use) were also assessed as potential predictors of BMD...

..The mechanism underlying the cross-sectional association is not clear...

..We found that death rates for elderly Asian Americans are lower than those for whites, and that socioeconomic differences between subgroups do not translate into like differences in mortality...

..There is evidence of period effects. Within cohorts, relative survival tends to increase with age...

..In 1991, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended universal vaccination of infants against hepatitis B virus (HBV), with series initiation within days of birth...

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..This study examines whether Hispanic patients receive cancer screening at the same rate as the non-Hispanic population when both groups have equivalent insurance and a regular source of care...

..This study estimated hip fracture incidence for elderly Hispanics in the United States...

..Whether the 2 changes in recommendations within 3 months led to less-than-optimal compliance in hospital nurseries is unknown...

..We evaluate a computer-based intervention for screening and health promotion in the emergency department and determine its effect on patient recall of health advice...

..We illustrate the method by demonstrating substantial differences in survival in a cohort of hospice patients as a function of not only the patient's own diagnosis and illness burden but also the patient's spouse's illness burden...

..To determine whether professional interpreter services increase the delivery of health care to limited-English-proficient patients...

..The effect modification is such that the difference in BMD between men with and without kidney stone history is observed only at lower levels of milk consumption...

..This study was undertaken to describe bariatric surgeons in the United States today and to determine whether those who are members of a major bariatric surgery specialty society differ from nonmembers...

..Income was independently associated with sleep latency and efficiency. Sleep duration and quality, which have consequences for health, are strongly associated with race, sex, and socioeconomic status...

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..The relative risk of poor birth outcomes was significantly elevated for Arabic-named women and not for any of the other groups...

..The degree to which U.S. bariatric surgeons use multidisciplinary methods to evaluate patients is unknown...

..Our objective was to see whether the "Back to Sleep" campaign, which involves an effective, easy, and free intervention, has reduced social class inequalities in SIDS...

..Hysterectomy (TAH/TVH) with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO) remains prevalent in the general population; however, current risk tools do not account for the potential impact of BSO on breast cancer risk calculations in family members...

..Previous research about discrimination has focused on race/ethnicity. Because immigrants are clustered in certain racial and ethnic groups, failure to consider immigration status could distort race/ethnicity effects...

..To describe the stability of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) scores over 1 year among a population-based sample of black and white early middle-aged adults...

..To identify sociodemographic and clinical predictors of patient selection in bariatric surgery...

..SROH may not be comparable across cultural groups. We assessed if differences in SROH between non-Hispanic whites (NHW), Latinos, and Asians were explained primarily by differences in socioeconomic status (SES) or language and nativity...

..We expected that the 2 measures of sleep would be strongly correlated and that the time-diary sleep would be more strongly associated with overweight risk because it is likely the more accurate measure of sleep...

..We sought to estimate the effectiveness of NSAIDs in CRC prevention in the population of elderly Medicare beneficiaries, minimizing this selection bias...

..To describe the day-to-day and year-to-year variation in sleep characteristics among early middle-aged adults...

..Patients are often advised to initiate a physical activity program by walking for transportation or leisure. This study explored whether neighborhood factors beyond the individual might affect compliance...

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..Bariatric surgical procedures provide greater and more durable weight reduction than behavioral and pharmacological interventions for morbid obesity...

..Although obesity is frequently associated with poverty, recent increases in obesity may not occur disproportionately among the poor. Furthermore, the relationship between income and weight status may be changing with time...

..First, estrogens may be etiologic in the development of breast carcinoma and protective of CHD. Second, a common therapy for breast carcinoma (tamoxifen) may be associated with cardiac protection...

..Few previous studies have recognized that the heterogeneity of the Asian American population, with respect to both nativity (foreign- vs U.S.-born) and ethnicity, may be related to osteoporosis risk...

..Among parous women, 13% reduced risk was associated with every 6 months increase in breastfeeding per child. The authors conclude that extended breastfeeding is associated with a reduced hip fracture risk among Chinese women in Beijing...

..We hypothesized that screening for IPV during computer-based health-risk assessment would be acceptable to patients and improve detection...

..Little prior work has evaluated whether women with breast cancer are at a decreased risk of osteoporotic fracture...

..However, RIF/PZA requires intensive patient and laboratory monitoring for hepatotoxicity...

..Criterion validation studies with an external gold standard should be pursued to determine the sensitivity and specificity of chemotherapy codes in the Medicare NCH files...

..After peak density is reached in early adulthood, there is age-related decline. We ask whether bone density, as height, reflects economic conditions...

..Results suggest that although the education--cognition relationship may in part reflect an SES gradient, the association is more likely due to the process and consequences of education itself...

..Regular physical activity reduces the risk of these diseases, yet little is known about physical activity in Asian Americans and how it changes after immigration...

..The role of ST-segment changes and symptoms with stress testing in asymptomatic women does not provide additional prognostic information...

..Pediatricians and participants in the VFC program were more successful at designing catch-up regimens for children with immunization delay...

..The critical review thus provides insights into the diverse ways that the relationship between culture and health is measured in this complicated and growing literature...

..The hypothesis that reduced exercise capacity is associated with an increased risk of death was investigated in a cohort of 5721 asymptomatic women who underwent baseline examinations in 1992...

..Inclusive state policies may overcome this effect...

..CONCLUSIONS: Striking immunization delay still exists during the infant and toddler years. Targeted efforts are needed to increase on-time immunization rates and to decrease racial disparity in immunization coverage...

..Qualitative methods explore the complex meanings and logics of risk and prevention that quantitative approaches overlook...